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"THE Room FX" Brings Business Class Update to ANA’s 787s

17 June 2025 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Not certified for flight, but three people in a business class seat is impressive

ANA’s new 787-9 cabin features an impressively wide sofa-style, yin-yang layout. This is a step-change update from the existing offering, and incremental update to THE Room, currently flying on its 777-300ER fleet.

This story is about: 787-9, Acumen, All Nippon Airways, ANA, business class, Katsunori Maki, lie-flat beds, Paris Air Show, PAS25, premium cabin, Safran, Safran Seats, seating, seats, THE Room, THE Room FX, Tomoji Ishii Filed Under: Seats & Cabin

Safran, Greenerwave Team for Metasurfaces ESA Development

16 June 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

rendering of an ESA on an A320neo

Safran Passenger Innovations is teaming with metasurfaces specialists Greenerwave to develop a new inflight Ka-band terminal compatible with the satellites of today as well as future GEO and NGSO constellations.

This story is about: antenna, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Greenerwave, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Paris Air Show, PAS25, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations Filed Under: IFEC

Exploring American Airlines’ new 787-9P Cabin

30 May 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Flagship Premium Preferred includes extra space, mostly in the form of a wider foot well, and a bit of extra stowage. PJs and an extra pillow round out the offering.

Looking for the best seats on American’s new 787-9P? Come explore all three cabins.

This story is about: Adient, Adient Aerospace, American Airlines, business class, certification, Collins Aerospace, economy class, Elevate Seating, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Flagship Business, 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, premium cabin, premium economy, Safran, Safran Seats, seating, seats, Thales, Thales Inflyt, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

Casting, Caching Set to Boost IFE Content

5 May 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

An iPhone being used to control the content on a Safran RAVE IFE screen

Airlines spend ton on content, hoping to keep passengers entertained on board. But for some travelers that will never be enough. Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) plans to enable casting from personal devices to its RAVE IFE screens to help.

This story is about: 360Stream, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX25, Apios, Ben Asmar, caching, Content Service Provider, embedded IFE, IdeaNova, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, licensing, live television, live tv, RAVE, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, SPI, Thales AVANT, Thales Inflyt Filed Under: IFEC

Assessing Aviation Accessibility at AIX 2025

11 April 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Wheelchair next to the metal frame of a triple set of seats.

Accessibility remains a hot topic of conversation at Aircraft Interiors Expo. And, as in prior years, it was challenging to sort real progress from hype.

This story is about: accessibility, Air4All, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX25, Cathay Pacific, CCA25, Collins Aerospace, Crystal Cabin Awards, Daniel Jacobs, Delta Flight Products, embedded IFE, flightpath3d, IFE, IFEC, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, Jo Rowan, John Morris, JPA Design, lavatory, PriestmanGoode, Prime, rendez-vous, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, Shawn Raybell, Stelia Aerospace, Stellar Group, wheelchairs Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

NSG signs Thai Airways, Turkish Airways for inflight internet

29 October 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

IFC upstart NEO Space Group now has two named customers, Airbus has its first SES-aligned customers for HBCplus, and passengers should soon have better internet on board.

This story is about: A321neo, Airbus, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO24, Display Interactive, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka-band, Ka2517, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, Neale Faulkner, NEO Space Group, NSG, Open Orbits, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, Saudi Arabia, SES, SES Open Orbits, Thai Airways, ThinKom, Turkish Airlines Filed Under: IFEC

NEO Space Group ready to make its mark in IFC

24 October 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

It is, most likely, the largest inflight connectivity company you’ve never heard of. But Saudi Arabia’s Neo Space Group (NSG) expects to quickly raise its profile over the year ahead.

This story is about: APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO24, Display Interactive, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, India, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Martijn Blanken, Neale Faulkner, NEO Space Group, NSG, Open Orbits, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, SES, SES Open Orbits, Taqnia Space, UON, wifi, Yahsat Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

SES Open Orbits brings multi-constellation, multi-orbit Ka-band connectivity together on a global scale

7 June 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

SES will bring together a collective of Ka-band capacity providers under its Open Orbits program, providing a new type of competition in the global inflight connectivity market.

This story is about: Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX24, Boeing, China, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, Elias Zaccack, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, HBCplus, Hughes, IFE, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, India, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, line-fit, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, O3b, O3b mPOWER, Open Orbits, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, Saudi Arabia, SES, SES Open Orbits, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Feeling the squeeze: 10-abreast A350 moves closer to mainstream

31 May 2024 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

Safran's Z400 seat, narrowed for a 10-abreast A350 cabin, on display at AIX2024

Wider seats have long been part of the Airbus marketing push. That messaging has, however, shifted in recent years, with a narrower seat now seen as “standard” for the long-haul fleet. Now suppliers are feeling a bit of the squeeze as well.

This story is about: A350, A350 XWB, Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX24, Arthur Glain, Collins Aerospace, Mark Hiller, Recaro, Rob Jones, Safran, Safran Seats, seating, seats, Violina Mikova, Z400 Filed Under: Seats & Cabin

Get SAT gets airborne with Ku-band ESA

7 March 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Rendering of the Get SAT ESA mounted on an aircraft, with the radome removed

The Get Sat Ku-band ESA went flying, part of its testing program as it moves towards certification for in-flight connectivity services.

This story is about: Airbus, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, FTEGlobal23, GEO, GetSat, Gilat, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ku, Ku-band, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations Filed Under: IFEC

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