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News : WAEA 2010: APEX presents Passenger Choice Awards

WAEA 2010: APEX presents Passenger Choice Awards

September 14, 2010
The Airline Passenger Experience Association presented the inaugural Passenger Choice Awards at its World Airline Entertainment Association Annual Conference & Exhibition in Long Beach...

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News : LBAS fits first Learjet 60 XR with niceview

LBAS fits first Learjet 60 XR with niceview

September 14, 2010
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) has installed and certified the Lufthansa Technik niceview moving map system on a customer's Learjet 60 XR aircraft. The company says the...

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News : WAEA 2010: China Eastern picks Rockwell Collins dPAVES-HD

WAEA 2010: China Eastern picks Rockwell Collins dPAVES-HD

September 14, 2010
China Eastern has selected Rockwell Collins high-definition dPAVES 737 Boeing Sky Interior IFE for 30 Boeing 737NGs, making it the first customer to install the system. Deliveries are...

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News : WAEA 2010: Airshow gets interactive

WAEA 2010: Airshow gets interactive

September 14, 2010
Rockwell Collins says interactive and three-dimensional (3D) enhancements for its Airshow moving map system are now available for integration into airline IFE systems, making Airshow the...

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News : WAEA 2010: Luxair goes for dPAVES

WAEA 2010: Luxair goes for dPAVES

September 14, 2010
Luxair Luxembourg Airlines has selected the Rockwell Collins second generation dPAVES single-aisle inflight entertainment system for three of its Boeing 737 NG aircraft.

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News : ARINC and Cathay authorise credit cards in flight

ARINC and Cathay authorise credit cards in flight

September 14, 2010
ARINC has developed and tested a software solution to allow live credit card authorisation (Live CCA) for passenger transactions on airline flights. Along with partner Cathay Pacific Airlines...

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News : WAEA 2010: IFPL MediaHub adds Bluetooth stereo

WAEA 2010: IFPL MediaHub adds Bluetooth stereo

September 13, 2010
The latest version of IFPL's MediaHub connectivity panel has added a stereo Bluetooth pairing point, enabling it to be used for streaming audio to IFE systems. First shown at Aircraft...

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News : SwiftBroadband capacity set to double

SwiftBroadband capacity set to double

September 13, 2010
Inmarsat says it will enable up to four channels of its SwiftBroadband high-speed aeronautical service for use on a single aircraft from October 2011, doubling the current two-channel capacity...

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News : AeroMobile adds pre-pay option

AeroMobile adds pre-pay option

September 13, 2010
AeroMobile is introducing a pre-paid in-flight mobile service designed to offer passengers greater convenience and airlines a range of new service possibilities. The pre-paid service offers...

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News : Spafax adds BBC Radio and Penguin books to BA IFE

Spafax adds BBC Radio and Penguin books to BA IFE

September 10, 2010
Content specialist Spafax has exclusively secured bespoke BBC Radio shows, including Radio 4’s Ed Reardon’s Week, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and national favourite...

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News : digEcor launches in-flight shoppe

digEcor launches in-flight shoppe

September 10, 2010
Hand-held IFE major digEcor has launched a new shopping application under the Mill Creek Shoppe brand to help airlines drive ancillary revenue both in flight and post-flight. The company...

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News : TrueNorth module adds smartphone email to existing airborne phones

TrueNorth module adds smartphone email to existing airborne phones

September 10, 2010
TrueNorth Avionics has introduced TrueNorth Express, a compact, plug-in hardware module designed to let owners of virtually any brand of airborne telephone use their smartphones to send...

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News : Air Berlin to produce own IFE content

Air Berlin to produce own IFE content

September 9, 2010
A joint venture by Air Berlin and German media company kick-media, follow me entertainment, aims to produce music and video programmes for IFE and market entertainment themes through the...

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News : EMS names new sales and marketing VP

EMS names new sales and marketing VP

September 9, 2010
EMS Aviation has named aerospace industry veteran Clifford Topham vice president of sales and marketing, one of a pair of appointments that the company says round out its management t...

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News : New EMS finance vice president

New EMS finance vice president

September 9, 2010
Dan Monahan has joined the EMS Aviation division of mobile connectivity leader EMS Technologies as vice president of finance in a strategic appointment that the company says will help...

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News : Flexjet opts for Gogo Biz

Flexjet opts for Gogo Biz

September 9, 2010
Bombardier Aerospace fractional ownership subsidiary Flexjet plans to offer Aircell’s Gogo Biz inflight Wi-Fi service as a standard feature on its aircraft at no additional charge...

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News : SWA plans 60-plus Wi-Fi aircraft by year's end

SWA plans 60-plus Wi-Fi aircraft by year's end

September 8, 2010
Southwest Airlines has equipped 13 aircraft for passenger Wi-Fi service using Row 44's satellite-based system and plans to have more than 60 equipped to provide the service by the end...

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News : Row 44 raises $37 million

Row 44 raises $37 million

September 8, 2010
Southwest Airlines' in-flight broadband provider, Row 44, has closed its Series B funding round, raising $37 million in new equity investment. “This investment gives Row 44 the operating...

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News : Hawaiian Airlines airs Hawaii Five-0

Hawaiian Airlines airs Hawaii Five-0

September 4, 2010
Hawaiian Airlines has started showing the opening episode of the new Hawaii Five-0 TV series as part of its Hawaiian Skies inflight video programme on transpacific flights in advance of...

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News : Aircell welcomes new CFO

Aircell welcomes new CFO

September 3, 2010
Norman Smagley, the new chief financial officer at Aircell, brings with him 16 years of broad-based CFO experience across many industries, most recently as SVP and chief financial officer...

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