• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

PaxEx.Aero

The Business of Passenger Experience

  • Premium
    • Register
    • My Account
    • Aero Filings
  • IFEC
  • Seats & Cabin
  • Airplanes and Airports
  • Loyalty
  • About PaxEx.Aero
    • Contact PaxEx.Aero
  • Aero Filings
  • Logout

787-8

Aeromexico taps Viasat for IFC update

20 February 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

An Aeromexico 787 above the clouds

Viasat snagged Aeromexico as an inflight connectivity customer seven years ago. Today the companies announced an expansion of that partnership.

This story is about: 2Ku, 787, 787-8, 787-9, Aeromexico, Andrés Castañeda, Dreamliner, GM-40, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, PAC, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC

Royal Jordanian presses forward with Viasat IFC update

12 February 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Royal Jordanian's 787 rendering now includes a radome, a nice update from the prior edition

Royal Jordanian is moving forward with plans to update inflight internet service on its 787 fleet.

This story is about: 787-8, 787-9, Boeing, Boeing Global Services, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Mohammad Maayta, Royal Jordanian, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC

LATAM picks Recaro for Dreamliner business class update

3 September 2024 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

Rendering of the Recaro R7 seats in LATAM's business class cabin (image via DOT filing)

Five years after LATAM began updating its 787 business class cabins, a new generation of seating appears to be arriving soon, Recaro’s R7 as the star.

This story is about: 787, 787-8, 787-9, accessibility, business class, CL6720, Dreamliner, LATAM, premium cabin, R7, Recaro, regulations, seating, seats Filed Under: Seats & Cabin

Royal Jordanian taps Viasat for inflight Wi-Fi

14 March 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Royal Jordanian E2

Royal Jordanian is going big with its inflight internet plans. The carrier will fit approximately 40 aircraft with the service, backed by Viasat’s satellite constellations.

This story is about: 787-8, 787-9, A320neo, A321neo, E195-E2, E2, Embraer, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Royal Jordanian, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC

Emirates boosts long-haul fleet with mega order

13 November 2023 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

Rendering of the 777X in Emirates livery (image via Boeing)

Emirates will add 95 more Boeing wide-body aircraft to its fleet over the next decade, further extending its opportunity to either refresh and replace older aircraft, or to grow its fleet. The order was announced Monday on the opening day of the 2023 Dubai Air Show.

This story is about: 777-8, 777-9, 777X, 787-10, 787-8, AVANT, AVANT Up, Boeing, DAS23, Dreamliner, Dubai Air Show, Emirates, GE9X, General Electric, IFE, IFEC, in-flight entertainment, in-seat power, inflight entertainment, Optiq, Thales, Thales AVANT, USB, USB-C Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, IFEC

LOT reveals (eventual) new 787-8 interiors

6 October 2023 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

Inside the new 787-8 cabin for LOT Polish Airlines

With its 787-8 fleet now pushing past 10 years of age LOT Polish Airlines is ready to update its interiors. The carrier announced plans for a nose-to-tail refresh of the cabins, covering the seats as well as inflight entertainment and connectivity on board.

This story is about: 787, 787-8, 787-9, business class, CL3810, CL6720, economy class, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, in-seat power, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, inflight wifi, lie-flat beds, LOT, PL3530, premium cabin, premium economy, Recaro, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, seating, seats, Tangerine, USB-C, ViaSat, Wireless Charging Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

Norse Atlantic snags former Norwegian planes for launch

29 March 2021 By Seth Miller 5 Comments

Norwegian 787 with deicing at night

Picking up some of Norwegian’s old 787s was always part of the plan for Norse Atlantic’s launch later this year. Picking up its troubled history gaining access to the US market, however, is less useful.

This story is about: 787, 787-8, 787-9, AerCap, Department of Transportation, DoT, Dreamliner, leasing, Norse Atlantic Airways, TATL, transatlantic Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Qatar Airways upgrades 787-8 IFE to Thales AVANT

2 February 2021 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Qatar Airways 787-8 fleet is getting an upgrade. The carrier will swap out the in-flight entertainment system on board its oldest Dreamliners to the Thales AVANT platform.

This story is about: 787, 787-8, AVANT, Dreamliner, embedded IFE, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, Qatar Airways, Thales, Thales AVANT, Thales Inflyt Filed Under: IFEC

United’s long-haul operations focus on a new "workhorse"

4 May 2020 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

A United Airlines 787-8 at Denver

United Airlines is not formally retiring any aircraft yet, but the company hinted at what its future fleet will look like in a memo to pilots identifying where bases will close and aircraft will reposition.

This story is about: 757-200, 767-300, 777, 787, 787-10, 787-8, 787-9, business class, COVID-19, Dreamliner, earnings call, routes, United Airlines Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

KuKa is coming…but where??

3 February 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A rendering of something approximating a ViaSat-3 satellite

Satisfied customers that want to take their inflight connectivity experience further afield appear to be driving the Ku/Ka offering from Viasat. And it should be online sooner than not, according to President & COO Rick Baldridge.

This story is about: 787, 787-8, American Airlines, Boeing, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ku, Ku-band, KuKa, Qantas, ViaSat, ViaSat-3, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Search PaxEx.Aero

Latest News

  • SES Charts a New IFC Path with Intelsat Acquisition
  • Capacity to be free
  • United’s Starlink Moves to Mainline
  • PaxEx PR: Gogo Galileo Certified for Dassault 2000 Family Jets
  • Gossiping Around the APEX Water Cooler

Footer

Search PaxEx.Aero

  • Privacy Policy

© 2008- Proton Associates, LLC; All Rights Reserved.

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.