Forget the pretzels. And put away your credit card. Southwest Airlines is introducing what it calls “stringent” new measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis, including suspending the distribution of snacks and beverages in-flight. “We are not serving snacks or beverages in-flight to limit personal contact,” says the low-cost carrier, whose cabin crew members usually serve up pretzels on shorter flights; and pretzels, cookies, crackers and Fritos on longer haul flights, plu

By Laurent Safar, CEO of Adaptive Channel on April 20, 2020 2020 has not been – and will, most likely, not be – the year that any of us expected. Of course, I’m referring to the Covid-19 pandemic that has effectively shut down all aspects of the travel industry, with the aviation industry being particularly hard hit. Although the CARES Act in the USA (and other international governmental aid packages) offers airlines a lifeline in these financially challenging times, no airli

Adaptive’s ACES IFE and digital press solution is helping airlines to reduce paper usage and improve their carbon footprints by removing hard-copy newspapers onboard and in airport lounges. ACES is a mobile in-flight entertainment and digital press solution used by airlines including Singapore Airlines, SAS and TAP Portugal. Since its launch in 2012, the solution has saved approximately 3,000 tons of paper by eliminating hard-copy media in-flight and in airport lounges for it

Paris, France – September 3, 2019 – Adaptive, developer of ACES - a sophisticated mobile inflight entertainment (IFE) and digital press solution that is used by leading global airlines, including Singapore Airlines, SAS, TAP Portugal among others - is proud to announce that, since its launch in 2012, the solution has saved 3,000 tons of paper (approx.) by eliminating hard-copy newspapers and magazines inflight at the company’s 20+ airline clients and in airport lounges worldw