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Onboard Hospitality Awards Recognize PaxEx Innovators
 | Written by Maryann Simson
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Until around 2011, the Mercury Award was the greatest accolade a supplier in airline catering or onboard comfort could receive. Hardware was given out annually during a lavish gala dinner, which took place in conjunction with the International Travel Catering Association (ITCA) trade show in Europe each spring. However, after AIX organizer Reed Expos purchased […]

Airbus Expands Economy Seating Suite
 | Written by Terri Potratz
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Airbus began day one at the Aircraft Interiors Expo with an in-depth press briefing to announce their new expanded seat offering, as well as a partnership with Recaro to produce a supplier-furnished-equipment (SFE) Economy Class seat option for A320 family operators and a visual demonstration of their pivoting overhead storage compartments. Ingo Wuggetzer, vice-president of Cabin Marketing for […]

Honeywell and Inmarsat Design Advanced Antenna with Kymeta
 | Written by Katie Sehl
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In aerospace, Honeywell tends to be known primarily for hardware, as a manufacturer of auxiliary power units, jet engines, environmental control systems and many other cabin elements, but according to Jack Jacobs, vice-president, Marketing and Product Management, Honeywell Aerospace, this is the year for Honeywell Connectivity. “This is the year because the last satellite goes […]

High-Speed Entertainment
April 13, 2015  | Written by Marisa Garcia
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This article originally appeared in The Technology Issue of APEX Experience. There’s a new dynamic in the entertainment world: High-bandwidth connections have allowed viewers to cut the cord of traditional entertainment outlets, binge-watch shows and enjoy movies on-demand at their convenience. Technical challenges, existing models for content distribution, piracy concerns and the limited bandwidth of in-flight connectivity (IFC) restrict […]

Customization and Collaboration in Cabin Design
 | Written by Maryann Simson
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Today’s session on guest-centric customization and creating differentiated brand experiences at the Passenger Experience Conference in Hamburg showed delegates how Etihad Airways’ creation of the stunning new A380 and B787 cabins fostered a most unusual collaborative effort. Etihad’s latest long-haul cabins have garnered no shortage of press and are customized from nose-to-tail. From galleys with […]

The Future of In-Flight Content
 | Written by Jessica Sammut
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The mid-afternoon breakout session “The Future for Content and New Realities,” led by Rich Salter, chief technology officer, Lumexis, brought together experts from the in-flight entertainment (IFE) sector to discuss the future. Early-Window Content The panel started off with the hot topic of early-window content and how movies and other content fit into the evolving infotainment offer. […]

New Opportunities in Onboard Hospitality
 | Written by Katie Sehl
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The first portion of the PEX Conference hospitality stream kicked off with a presentation from branding.aero‘s president and founder, Stathis Kefallonitis, PhD., who discussed sustainability as a form of onboard hospitality and marketing tool for airlines. According to Kefallonitis, “An increasing number of passengers are not just passive observers.” Ethics and sustainability are among the […]