Features
034 COVER STORY: PASSENGER
PRIVACY AND IFE
Cameras embedded in IFE displays may help to
future-proof the units, but they have sparked
privacy concerns among passengers. Are they
right to be worried?
046 INTERVIEW: HAPPY 50TH,
EMBRAER
As Embraer celebrates a major milestone
birthday this year, strategy director, Daniel
Galhardo Gomes shares his views on the
evolution of passenger experience over the years,
and we look at a few key moments over the
decades
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058 THE FUTURE OF IFEC
Industry expert Michael Childers explores
the outlook for tomorrow’s iIFEC systems,
considering points such as personalisation,
data, the Cloud, software, engagement, efficiency
and revenue generation
068 LASERS: TOMORROW’S
‘FIBRE IN THE SKY’?
The inflight connectivity sector is facing issues
including data-transfer bottlenecks and capacity
constraints. Could laser-enabled ‘fibre-in-thesky’
communications alleviate these problems?
Up front
A selection of the latest technologies, trends,
developments and discoveries entering the
passenger experience airspace
010 The FAA’s proposed changes to part
25 requirements could have a big
effect on partition design
013 Our roundup of the latest aviation industry
statistics, encompassing everything from
industry revenues to passenger tastes
014 Five decades of cabin innovation at Airbus
016 The soft launch of the EAN could
see Europe lead the inflight
connectivity world
018 Short on range, long on comfort:
ANA’s generous new domestic
cabin offering
019 A concept wheelchair that could
improve the flying experience for
disabled passengers
021 Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, ANA
is launching the perfect plane for
suite lovers
022 Exploring the interiors of
Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet
024 Boeing’s sixth ecoDemonstrator is
taking prototype technologies out
of the lab and into the air
026 British Airways finds out what
tomorrow’s travellers really want
028 DESIGN BRIEF: A regional aircraft
for true lovers of flight
030 DESIGN BRIEF: How algae can make
an aircraft lighter, stronger and cleaner
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