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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 of Arc has been beyond our initial expectations. Our airline customers have responded positively to...

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 uses efficient DVB-S2X and Mx-DMA technologies to achieve 600 Mbps aggregate throughput — forms the ...

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 partnership with 8tree to make dentCHECK available at Panasonic Technical Services’ (PTS) regional line st...

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 installing a system amid a global pandemic — and factoring in lockdowns, travel restrictions and the ...

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 levels, but that changed quickly. Fresh COVID outbreaks early this year prompted the Chinese governmen...