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AERQ, ABOVE to Collaboratively Automate Media Content Supply Chain
September 15, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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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. […]

Panasonic Avionics Partners with ThinKom Solutions on ThinAir Ku-Band Antenna
September 8, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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Panasonic Avionics and ThinKom are jointly developing ThinAir, a next-generation Ku-band antenna, which will begin being delivered to airline customers from 2023 onwards. From 2023, Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) will offer its airline customers a new, next-generation Ku-band antenna developed in partnership with ThinKom Solutions.  Known as ThinAir, the antenna will be based on […]

Panasonic Avionics is Hiring, Not Firing Despite Contradictory News Coverage
August 26, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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APEX Media has written an article to shed light on a misconstrued piece of news that was mistakenly published in the APEX Daily Experience newsletter.  Following the inclusion of an article by The Orange County Register in the APEX Daily Experience newsletter, which read that Panasonic Avionics is to lay off 13% of its Lake Forest workforce at the end of […]

IdeaNova Technologies Launches WeWatch Inplay Function
August 19, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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During the pandemic, friends and family that couldn’t meet in person took to streaming content together from different locations to feel closer to one another, enabled by solutions such as Teleparty (previously Netflix Party). A new feature from IdeaNova Technologies brings that same capability to the skies. IdeaNova Technologies has introduced a new feature to […]

Expanded Partnership Sees West Entertainment Become ANA’s Content Service Provider
August 5, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) has expanded its four-year relationship with West Entertainment, with the latter set to become the carrier’s exclusive in-flight entertainment (IFE) content service provider (CSP).  ANA’s back-end content portal will be powered by West Entertainment’s WE by West central management platform, and under the expanded partnership, West Entertainment will manage acquisitions, digital […]

JetBlue to Roll Out i6 Fuel Management Platform to Improve Operational Efficiency, Sustainability
August 3, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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Digital fuel management platform provider i6 Group, which received an investment from JetBlue Technology Ventures in February 2020, has reached a significant milestone in its North American expansion with the full deployment of its solutions at Boston Logan International Airport.  i6 Group (i6) has deployed its full suite of fuel monitoring and management solutions at […]

FlightPlan III: COVID-19 Could Signal End of Commodified Airline Industry, Says Kirby
July 23, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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The final interview session during FlightPlan III: C-Suite Week, which was developed by Inmarsat Aviation and APEX, saw United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby discuss how he plans to position United as an industry leader in terms of both the passenger experience and sustainability. United Airlines’ CEO Scott Kirby believes that should airlines use COVID-19 as […]

FlightPlan III: Gender Diversity in Aviation has Far to Go, Says Ourmières-Widener
July 22, 2021  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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During the penultimate FlightPlan III: C-Suite Week interview, the BBC’s Aaron Heslehurst caught up with TAP Air Portugal’s new CEO, Christine Ourmières-Widener, to find out what she’s learned about the carrier so far and her future plans. FlightPlan III: C-Suite Week was developed by Inmarsat Aviation in partnership with APEX.  When Christine Ourmières-Widener took part […]