>  News Articles
News Articles

Seamless Air Alliance Defines System Needed to Measure Quality of IFC Service
November 17, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

Seamless Air Alliance, which was founded by Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint and Airtel in 2018 to enable airlines to build agnostic in-flight connectivity (IFC) systems, has launched Seamless Release 3 (SR3), its third technical document.  SR3, Seamless Air Alliance’s latest publication, follows on from Seamless Release 1, the alliance’s first set of standards focusing on […]

World2Fly Selects QuiverTree Media as IFE Provider
November 12, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

QuiverTree Media, which launched a year ago as a spin-off of Immfly’s content and advertising solutions and already provides services in-flight entertainment services for Air Nostrum, Binter and Iberia Express, has added another Spanish airline to its client list.  Long-haul Spanish carrier World2Fly, which launched in 2020, has chosen QuiverTree Media as the content service […]

Touchless Technology Improved Safety During COVID-19, but is it Accessible?
October 25, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

Jennifer Coutts Clay, who recently published the second edition of “Flying Healthy”, a case study examining how airlines have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, speaks to APEX Media about the impact of digitalization on accessibility both on the ground and in the air.  An October 2020 study by McKinsey found that “responses to COVID-19 have […]

Spafax Brings BritBox North America Content to JetBlue
October 14, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

Passengers traveling with JetBlue Airways, which recently began operating transatlantic flights between the US and the UK, can now watch a range of British in-flight entertainment content provided by BritBox North America thanks to the streaming platform’s partnership with Spafax. A new partnership between Spafax and BritBox North America, the subscription streaming service from BBC […]

IIM+ Live TV and Live Radio Allows Passengers to Use SVOD Accounts to Access Content In-Flight
October 1, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

IIM+ has launched a Live TV and Live Radio delivery platform over internet protocol (IP) for airlines that eliminates traditional licensing fees by allowing passengers the ability to view or purchase premium and live content using their existing subscription video on demand (SVOD) accounts. “IIM+ enables passengers to replicate an “at home” experience in-flight. You […]

New Dates for 2021 APEX/IFSA EXPO Announced
September 23, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

Following the Biden administration’s announcement that the US will lift its travel ban on visitors from the UK, India, China, Brazil and most of Europe in early November, APEX/IFSA EXPO 2021 will take place from November 30 to December 2. To allow more APEX members to attend the first in-person APEX/IFSA EXPO since 2019, the […]

Inmarsat Launches OneFi Customer Experience Platform to Monetize IFC
September 21, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

Inmarsat Aviation has launched OneFi, a customer experience platform that brings a plethora of onboard services together within a single portal interface to more successfully monetize in-flight connectivity (IFC) for airlines.  Nathan Clapton, VP Inflight Media at Inmarsat Aviation, said the company’s new OneFi platform has been “designed with connectivity at its core,” as opposed […]

AERQ, ABOVE to Collaboratively Automate Media Content Supply Chain
September 15, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
Author Photo

Following discussions that began back in 2019, AERQ and ABOVE have announced a formalized partnership wherein they will work together to automate the media content supply chain for commercial aviation in the cloud.  AERQ and ABOVE have come together to overhaul existing media content supply chain processes, which they believe are manual, time-consuming and cost-intensive. […]