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Ken Sain

Making Marketing Pay: Beating Break-even with Ad-supported IFC

13 October 2025 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

Spotify on the in-seat IFE system of a plane

Can inflight internet be offered complimentary to passengers and without costing the airlines a small fortune? Historically the answer was a resounding no, but more are claiming it is possible.

This story is about: advertising, ancillary revenue, Dominic Green, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, JetBlue, Ken Sain, Maik Brueckner, Miguel Ferreira, PAC, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, PaxEx, TAP, TAP Air Portugal, United Airlines, WAF25, World Aviation Festival Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Pushing IFE Evolution with Panasonic Avionics, United Airlines

9 October 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The 16

Airline entertainment has long struggled to keep pace with digital developments on the ground. Panasonic Avionics’ CEO Ken Sain took responsibility for some of those shortcomings as part of a push to close the gap.

This story is about: advertising, ancillary revenue, Dominic Green, IFC, IFE, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, inflight wifi, Ken Sain, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, United Airlines, WAF25, World Aviation Festival Filed Under: IFEC

Qatar Airways Pivots to PAC’s Converix, Astrova for 777X Digital Experience

17 June 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Qatar Airways will implement Panasonic Avionics’ Astrova IFE platform, running on its Converix on-board data and application hosting platform, for its upcoming 777X fleet.

This story is about: 777X, AI, Andy Masson, artificial intelligence, Astrova, Converix, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, Ken Sain, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Paris Air Show, PAS25, Qatar Airways, Sama Filed Under: IFEC

Air Arabia expands wireless entertainment with PAC partnership

4 June 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Air Arabia is going fleet-wide with wireless entertainment. The carrier will expand its deployment of the Panasonic Avionics eXW solution to more than 170 planes.

This story is about: Adel Al Ali, Air Arabia, ARC, eXW, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, Ken Sain, moving map, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Streaming IFE, Wireless IFE Filed Under: IFEC

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