
Guest Column: Sanitizing the seatback
This is a special feature from PAX Tech's July Cabin Hygiene, Seating & IFEC 2020 edition. The year 2020 has not been – and, most likely, will not be – the year that any of us expected. Of course, I’m referring to the COVID-19 pandemic that, for many months, effectively shut down all aspects of the travel industry, with the aviation industry being particularly hard hit. Even now that some countries have started to flatten the curve and borders are opening up, it is still anti

Adaptive offers free licence for digitised materials & magazines
As the air travel industry works to reassure passengers about the safety of flying in the Covid period, Adaptive, developer of the ACES mobile inflight entertainment (IFE) solution, is offering new airline customers a complimentary, two-year subscription to its reading material distribution platform. The platform will digitise onboard documents (including inflight magazines, duty-free catalogues and menus) and offer passengers a limited selection of digital magazines. ACES ca


‘Over to you’: Laurent Safar, Adaptive Channel on the future of inflight and IFE
Laurent Safar, CEO of Adaptive Channel discusses the evolution of inflight engagement in a post-coronavirus world. He discusses why passengers’ fears of the virus will necessitate a safe, contagion-free onboard experience. As part of this, Safar argues that airlines should update their amenities and consider replacing traditional media such as glossy inflight magazines with digital alternatives. Twenty twenty (2020) has not been – and will most likely not be – the year that a

The Weekly Wrap: In-Flight Media, Touchless Tech & Ryanair’s Bathroom Pass
The latest episode of The Weekly Wrap sees hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller discuss the fate of the in-flight magazine with input from Adaptive Channel’s co-founder and COO, David Fairand, before the conversation turns to Inadvia’s recent Attitudes to In-flight Media 2020 survey and the role of advertising cookies. Based on the FTE APEX Post-COVID-19 Airport webinar, the show examines how airlines including United and AirAsia are introducing touchless technology to boost