APEX Editor's Blog

Streaming “second screen” content to passengers’ own devices to compliment airline-provided entertainment and enrich the viewing experience has been a much-discussed topic in IFE circles of late, but Lumexis is about to turn talk into action. The company has unveiled FTTS Second Screen, an extension of the already-developed capabilities of its wireless IFE solution, WiPAX, [...]

Panasonic Avionics’ competitors are remaining silent about what, if any, recourse they would pursue should US authorities find evidence that the Lake Forest, California-based inflight entertainment giant secured overseas business through bribes. The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported that Panasonic Avionics, a unit of Panasonic Corp, received a subpoena from government investigators seeking communications between [...]

Wireless IFE is gradually proving its mettle on metal flown by airlines across the planet. Everyone from Virgin Australia and European budget carrier Condor to South America’s Lan and Gol – as well as a growing list of North American operators – have committed to, are trialling or have fully adopted solutions that allow passengers [...]

Last weekend, Dubai-based low-cost carrier flydubai invited dignitaries, distinguished VIP guests from Boeing, Lumexis, DTI Solutions and dozens of international journalists from around the globe to experience flydubai’s inaugural flight from Dubai, UAE to the Maldives. Tomás Romero, a regular contributor to the Airline Passenger Experience magazine and APEX Media Platform, was lucky enough to [...]

Amazon’s top lobbyist Paul Misener is confident the US FAA is not paying “lip service” to the American public about its intention to strongly consider providing guidance to airlines that could ultimately enable passengers to switch on their personal electronic devices (PEDs) during takeoff and landing. Noting that he’s “right in there with what the [...]

Inflight magazine publishers have been doing it for years – offering airlines a slice of the revenues generated from advertisements in the magazines they publish on their behalf. The inflight magazine model has proven to be a win-win-win for airlines, advertisers and passengers, as it puts products and services in front of some of the [...]

Airbus is close to lining up a supplier to provide a lightweight IFE solution on the A350 XWB to join the more complex systems on offer from major vendors Panasonic Avionics and Thales. Company head of aircraft interior marking, customer affairs Zuzana Hrnkova says that when A350 development got underway customers told the airframer they [...]

Updated to include comment from Honeywell. Imagine you are playing on your iPad or using your smart phone whilst seated in an aircraft that is barrelling down the runway at 130-155 knots. Suddenly the takeoff is aborted, and the aircraft comes to a screeching halt. Your iPad, as well as the personal electronic devices (PEDs) [...]

With less than three weeks to go before the big APEX EXPO gets underway in Long Beach, California, wireless IFE is sizing up to be one of the hottest topics discussed at this year’s event, and will no doubt generate news headlines for securing new airline customers. Thales is among a number of IFE firms [...]

Over the past few months, top executives at major international airlines have started voicing strong opinions about embedded inflight entertainment systems. Remarks made by Emirates president Tim Clark and US Airways CEO Doug Parker are particularly notable, as they exemplify how the airline industry is divided on what the future holds for in-seat IFE in [...]