Mmm… you like where this is headed. While legacy airlines in America are struggling to outfit their fleets with in-flight WiFi alone, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways is display ‘em how it’s finished. The airline has just inked a memorandum of bargain with Panasonic Avionics for a “sustenance of full broadband connectivity on all Cathay Pacific as well as Dragonair newcomer aircraft.” Yeah, you read that rightly — by early 2012, Cathay will make 50Mbps internet service, in-flight GSM cellphone service (voice, SMS and data) as well as live and pay-per-view radio available to every last newcomer. The finer sum are still being hammered out, as well as you aren’t told either each singular bird in the swift will be online from Day 1, though we’re still as silly as ever for this to turn a reality. Here’s anticipating this pushes those alternative airlines into removing with the module, as well as during a very least, it ought to give you plenty of reason to take which Asian vacation you’ve been putting off. Show full PR textCathay Pacific as well as Panasonic Avionics Corporation Plan to Keep Passengers Connected As They Fly

LAKE TIMBERLAND, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ — Cathay Pacific Airways as well as Panasonic Avionics Corporation currently voiced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the sustenance of full broadband connectivity upon all Cathay Pacific as well as Dragonair newcomer aircraft.

While last conditions are still being negotiated, a MOU allows a parties to immediately begin building a devise to provide connectivity for passengers together with promotional, sponsorship as well as e-commerce opportunities for Cathay Pacific partner brands.

Cathay Pacific is a initial airline in Asia to announce its goal to muster Panasonic Avionics’ Global Communications Suite broadband connectivity solution. It is also the initial airline globally to make known an goal to provide the resolution across its full swift. Services will launch from early 2012, theme to regulatory approval.

The Panasonic Avionics connectivity resolution for Cathay Pacific will contain the eXConnect broadband service, eXPhone GSM phone service, as well as the CX-branded free-of-charge party portal – permitted by all passenger inclination and seatback screens – that will embody a operation of calm updated during a moody, access to airline as well as partner sites, e-commerce, airline-specific advertising, and live radio with a singular pay-per-view capacity for special events.

* eXConnect provides two-way broadband connectivity ancillary the wide operation of passenger as well as crew applications, including Internet access, voice, interpretation, and the ability to monitor as well as transmit airline operational data in genuine time at speeds of up to 50 Mbps to a aircraft.
* eXPhone, offering in partnership with AeroMobile’s GSM mobile phone technology, allows passengers to make use of their mobile phones, intelligent phones as well as BlackBerry® inclination onboard to make voice calls, send SMS content messages or utilize interpretation services as well as tide content wirelessly to their iPod®, iPhone® and iPad®. eXPhone gives a airline flexibility and full carryout over a services offering including restricting certain services when appropriate.

Alex McGowan, Head of Product for Cathay Pacific, said: “Connectivity will form an critical partial of the overall customer tender. Having that connectivity integrated closely with the video upon direct party system is generally valuable as it equates to which all passengers will be able to make use of a use. We believe that being connected is right away an approaching partial of bland holdup – not only for commercial operation purposes though additionally to stay in hold with family as well as friends. This complement will concede passengers to be as ‘in touch’ as they instruct to be whilst enjoying the great Cathay Pacific as well as Dragonair service.”

Charles Ogilvie, Executive Director of China for Panasonic Avionics Corporation, pronounced: “We are very proud as well as anxious to be operative with Cathay Pacific. We are committed to serving a needs of a ever-growing markets in China and Asia. With Panasonic Avionics’ Global Communications Services, Cathay Pacific will be a first airline in Asia to suggest passengers the many innovative inflight party and communication options onboard blurb aircraft.”

Cathay Pacific Airways and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have enjoyed the tighten attribute given 1994.

About Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd

Cathay Pacific Airways is the Hong Kong-based airline charity scheduled passenger and load services to a little 120 destinations in Asia, North America, Australia, Europe as well as Africa, regulating the swift of 103 wide-body newcomer aircraft as well as 25 freighters. The association is the part of of a Swire group as well as is a open company listed upon a Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Dragonair is the wholly owned auxiliary and Cathay Pacific also has the 60% interest in AHK Air Hong Kong Ltd, an all-cargo conduit handling informal demonstrate freight services. Cathay Pacific has done estimable investments to develop Hong Kong as a single of a world’s heading global transportation hubs. The airline is a founding member of the oneworld tellurian alliance.

About Panasonic Avionics Corporation

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is the world’s heading retailer of inflight party and information exchange systems. The company’s best-in-class solutions, upheld by veteran upkeep services, fully confederate with a cabin enabling airlines to broach a idealization transport practice with the rich accumulation of party choices, ensuing in softened extravagant information exchange systems and solutions, as well as lower altogether costs.

Established in 1979, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, the US corporation, is a auxiliary of Panasonic Corporation of North America, a principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC). Headquartered in Lake Forest, California with over 2,600 employees and operations in 50 locations worldwide, it serves over 200 customers worldwide and provides IFEC systems upon over 3,700 aircraft. For one more report, gratefully visit www.panasonic.aero.