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Middle East Airlines-Air Liban has started a two-month trial of Panasonic Avionics’ in-flight Live Television service, with a wide range of premium news and live sporting events, on its fleet of nine Airbus A321neoLR aircraft on October 1.

Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA) has started a two-month trial of Panasonic Avionics’ in-flight Live Television service. The service was rolled ou...

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) has named Kent D. Craver to lead the company’s marketing activities, effective today. As Senior Di...

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) has today announced China Eastern Airlines (China Eastern) as the launch customer in China for its in-flight Live Television service. The service will be rolled out across its entire widebody fleet of Airbus A330, A350 and Boeing B777 and B787 aircraft in the future, initially providing their passengers with unmissable live coverage from major local broadcasters, such as CCTV and CGTN. Live Television is enabled by Panasonic Avionics’ third-...

On an opening day packed with highlights, Senator Frank Horch from the German Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, was warmly welcomed to Aircraft Interiors Expo 2015 by Katie Murphy, Senior On an opening day packed with highlights, Senator Frank Horch from the German Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, was warmly welcomed to Aircraft Interiors Expo 2015 by Katie Murphy, Senior Event Director. There was plenty for the Senator and the many visitors that thronged the seven ha...

Panasonic Avionics is today marking the two-year anniversary of the launch of Arc, its 3D in-flight moving map platform, by unveiling a range of new and upcoming features. Since its debut two years ago at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2019, Arc has experienced one of the highest adoption rates of any Panasonic Avionics digital service, with confirmed orders with 17 airlines globally on over 300 aircraft. Andrew Mohr, Vice President of Digital Solutions at Panasonic Avionics, said: “Airline adoption...

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) in 2019 acquired Belgium’s Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications. In the ensuing months, the company integrated Newtec’s business with that of ST Engineering iDirect. The acquisition sees ST Engineering iDirect playing a prominent role in Panasonic Avionics’ third generation network, as its Dialog platform — including a (formerly Newtec) modem that us...

From European budget carrier easyJet to US legacy operator American Airlines, from TAP’s maintenance and engineering arm to Lufthansa Technik, airlines and MRO providers have been singing the praises of 8tree’s dentCHECK dent-mapping/reporting service, which measures and analyzes dents, bumps, lightning strikes and blend-outs on metallic, composite, curved and flat surfaces, including on aircraft. Now, inflight entertainment and connectivity provider Panasonic Avionics has forged a partners...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now offering Viasat’s high-speed inflight connectivity service to passengers on two Boeing 737-800s and will fit another 16 737-800s with the system by the end of the year. The installs are part a larger agreement with Viasat that will also see 21 of KLM’s Embraer E-195 twinjets equipped in time. Installing a broadband IFC system onto any aircraft is always a notable occurrence. After all, onboard Internet is considered a key amenity for modern travelers. But ins...

As China’s domestic travel and tourism industry shows signs of recovery, inflight connectivity service providers are looking to the world’s most populous country as a growth market. After all, the lion’s share of China’s domestic airline fleet is still not fitted with IFC systems that support broadband Internet for passengers. By the end of 2020, China’s three largest carriers — Air China, China Eastern and China Southern — “had reported demand returning to 90 percent of 2019 le...