Airbus is adding Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Hughes Network Systems as new bandwidth suppliers to its High-Bandwidth Connectivity Plus (HBCPlus) program.
With the cabin comprising 10% of an aircraft’s weight and refurbishments sending tons of plastic to the landfill, some designers are ready to think differently.
NAT is the first company to obtain such a license for work on the 787. The first carrier to employ retrofits under this license will be Air New Zealand.
Over the average 22-year lifetime of an aircraft, a cabin interior is refreshed several times, making the impact of a more sustainable design even greater.
Satellite operators must prepare to make technological investments as the desire for, and expectation of, high levels of connectivity reaches new heights.
The company said at AIX that the new IFC system will include innovations in core satellite network design, hardware advances and a suite of digital products.
DirecTV Inflight is expanding its offering to the aviation sector by delivering US TV content on international flights departing from and returning to the US.
