Mary Kirby

6 days ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

As commercial airlines gravitate towards offering a more connected and personalized seatback IFE experience for passengers, and the limitations of traditional onboard servers to support this paradigm become apparent, Panasonic Avionics’ new open and neutral application hosting platform, called Converix, is enjoying strong momentum, with Qatar Airways becoming the latest carrier to select the solution for 60 on-order Boeing 777-9 (777X) commercial aircraft.

1 week ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

Air Tahiti, the leading inter-island carrier of French Polynesia, has selected the ‘ATR HighLine All-Business Class’ cabin interior for one of its four newly ordered ATR 72-600 aircraft. This marks the launch by Air Tahiti of a unique VIP service to start in the second half of 2026, that will serve some of the most iconic destinations in the world, the island of Bora Bora — the Pearl of the Pacific — and Raiatea.

1 week ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

Qatar Airways has partnered with IMG, a leading global sports marketing agency, to launch a new sports streaming service onboard its Starlink connected aircraft. For the first time, Qatar Airways’ passengers will be able to watch high-definition coverage of the world’s major sports events on IMG’s live inflight sports channels, Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra, via a dedicated web player on their personal electronic devices.

1 week ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

NEW YORK — Certification challenges besetting Lufthansa’s new Allegris business class seats for the 787-9 have delayed delivery of the twinjets to the German carrier, with tails stacking up at Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina facility, as plane spotters will attest. But Lufthansa sees light at the end of the tunnel and now expects to start taking Allegris-fitted 787-9s this summer. Crash tests of the Collins Aerospace-made Allegris business class seats for the 787-9 have concluded.

1 week ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

All Nippon Airways’ award-winning business class product, The Room, has been delighting passengers aboard select Boeing 777-300ERs since 2019. But when ANA sought to bring The Room to the Boeing 787-9, it wondered whether a step-change in comfort and versatility could be achieved despite the smaller width of the -9’s fuselage.