Connectivity, Content, Inflight Entertainment
IFE in ten years’ time
I was thrown yesterday by a question posed me by the editor of Onboard Hospitality, for whom I am a guest columnist and contributor. She wanted to know where IFE would be in ten years’ time. Ten years’ time? I guess I am well-placed to answer, in the sense that I have already been in [...]
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Aircraft Interiors, Airlines, Connectivity, Content, Inflight Entertainment
2011 IFEC round-up
It’s the end of year round-up. Let’s cast an eye back over this year’s trends. We saw the rise of tablet devices as a form of IFE. We saw connectivity mature and grow. We saw how embedded inseat systems still trump any other form of IFE to the larger airline market. We saw increasing convergence [...]
Continue ReadingAirlines, handheld IFE, Inflight Entertainment, tablets, Vendors
So is a tablet really the device of choice?
There has been a lot of recent speculation that iPads or other consumer tablet devices are going to sound the death-knell for traditional IFE. This is just the latest fear scenario doing the rounds and one which unfortunately for non-tablet vendors – they have to stomach. I can remember when the industry wrestled with non-proprietary [...]
Continue ReadingUpstarts this way
It seems that IFE is the new must-have. Several years ago you couldn’t mention the words IFE or inflight connectivity inside the aviation industry without prompting scepticism and scorn. It was like being treated as a toddler at a grown-ups tea party. Ok, now the rest of the aviation industry is really starting to sit [...]
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Aircraft Interiors, Airlines, APEX, Connectivity, Inflight Entertainment, Vendors
BoardConnect sees RED
If one of the world’s coolest airlines thinks you’re something special, it seals the deal. I guess that is the case with Virgin America choosing a new wireless system based on Microsoft Silverlight from Lufthansa Systems (LS). This is to become the new RED, the brand adopted by Virgin America for its IFE. Ironically, what [...]
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Connectivity drives inflight entertainment
It’s been a lacklustre summer for IFE but with the Airline Passenger Experience (APEX) show in Seattle this month, the industry is hotting up once more. True to the acronym APEX, the world of inflight entertainment is actually at an apex, forged by the power of internet protocols and the growth of personal electronic devices [...]
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Connectivity, Inflight Entertainment
Interview with OnAir
In the last two weeks TAM Airlines in Brazil said it would be rolling out more service from OnAir, the connectivity provider. This will bring the TAM fleet to 80 aircraft installed with OnAir. The long-haul OnAir service will be rolled-out from the second half of 2012. Installation on 31 short-haul aircraft has already started [...]
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