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5 days ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
Skyted’s sound-absorbing solution for facilitating virtually silent VoIP and video calls has been tweaked by management to place fresh emphasis on supporting business communications and secure conversations, including on board trains and aircraft. During the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Runway Girl Network sat down with Skyted CEO Stéphane Hersen, a former Airbus staffer, to learn about the French firm’s latest update to the product, dubbed Skyted 320, and to try out the new headset.
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1 week ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
Diehl Aviation is staying the course with its plan to open a new production site near Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico despite US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on some imports from Mexico and uncertainty around future duties. The tier 1 aviation supplier broke ground on the new facility in August 2024 and intends to initially produce Airbus’ spacious new Airspace XL flip-up bins for the A220 in Mexico.
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1 week ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
The evolving trade dispute between the US and China still has a long way to go before we know where things ultimately settle. However, any large customers of the OEMs (aircraft and parts manufacturers) are unlikely to accept any further increase in purchase costs and will push deliveries out, find alternatives or push the impact back towards the OEM, according to leading aviation intelligence and advisory company IBA.
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1 week ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
Founder, Editor and Publisher Mary Kirby has covered the aviation industry for 25 years as both a journalist and an editor. After cutting her teeth at a weekly world airline newsletter, Mary joined Flightglobal in 1999 as a reporter for its real-time news site Air Transport Intelligence. She was promoted to Deputy Editor, Americas in... Read More
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1 week ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
HAMBURG — Securing linefit offerability at an airframer for a ‘passenger experience’ product is not an easy task. It usually requires keen interest — and a big nudge — from the OEM’s airline customers, which want to take delivery of new aircraft with their favored hardware installed at the factory, oftentimes to match what they’re already doing on the retrofit front.
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1 week ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
German leisure carrier Discover Airlines’ decision to gradually replace the current inflight connectivity system on its Airbus A330s with Panasonic Avionics’ multi-orbit IFC will super-charge the carrier’s plan to offer a more digitalized flight experience to guests — one that will ultimately include personalized entertainment.
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2 weeks ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
Airbus has made no secret about its ultimate vision for connected aircraft. It wants to ensure that every jetliner it delivers becomes an end-to-end digital platform where all the data points are connected from maintenance to catering, and where airlines have immense flexibility in choosing applications — or developing their own — to improve operations and the passenger experience without the need for additional certification.
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2 weeks ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
HAMBURG — Airbus has made a cadre of updates to its linefit HBCplus inflight connectivity offering, announcing at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg that it has signed an MOU with Amazon to add the tech giant’s forthcoming Project Kuiper Ka-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) service to the linefit program; that it has firmed up a prior MOU with Hughes Network Systems to formally add it as a Ka-band Managed Service Provider (MSP); and removed the promotion of Viasat and its Global Xpress...
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2 weeks ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, today announced that Viasat Inc.has signed a substantial multi-year contract for Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services. Under its multi-orbit strategy, Viasat plans to integrate Telesat Lightspeed into its services portfolio for aviation, maritime, enterprise and defense markets.
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2 weeks ago | 
runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby
The world of cabin innovation meets in Hamburg from 8 to 10 April, making the Hanseatic city the global hub for aircraft interior design. At Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) 2025, over 450 exhibitors will showcase their latest solutions and concepts for a future-ready passenger experience – from sustainable materials to cutting-edge digital technologies. “Hamburg is proud to host the world’s leading minds in cabin innovation,” says Ralf Gust, Managing Director of Hamburg Aviation.
