{"id":22186,"date":"2012-09-18T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T15:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=22186"},"modified":"2019-04-23T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:34:38","slug":"singapore-airlines-upgrades-in-flight-entertainment-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/airline-news\/singapore-airlines-upgrades-in-flight-entertainment-systems.htm","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Airlines Upgrades In-flight Entertainment Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Airlines has contracted Panasonic Avionics to become the launch customer for the latest generation Panasonic eX3 IFECs (In-Flight Entertainment and Communication Systems). After spending $50 million for internet connectivity and mobile data access, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/airlines\/SQ-singapore_airlines.htm\">Singapore Airlines<\/a><\/strong> will have the eX3 systems to allow broadband internet connectivity, live television broadcasts and cell phone services on its carriers.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore Airlines\u2019 aircraft are currently equipped with KrisWorld entertainment platforms. After installation of Panasonic Aviation\u2019s eX3s, the entertainment package would expand to offer video games, applications, an e-library of news and magazines, and a larger series of programs to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed in-flight entertainment and communication system would be installed in all new Airbus and Boeing aircraft which are due to be rolled out in Singapore Airlines\u2019 fleet expansion. These aircraft include 8 Boeing 777-300ERs, 20 Airbus A350s and 15 Airbus A330-300s, escalating the net estimates of the deal to \u00a3248 million.<\/p>\n<p>The entire project aims to progress the airline\u2019s market share in passengers travelling between its destinations. Competition with regards to product services has intensified over the last few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Airlines has contracted Panasonic Avionics to become the launch customer for the latest generation Panasonic eX3 IFECs (In-Flight Entertainment and Communication Systems). After spending $50 million for internet connectivity and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4016,2350],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-22186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","tag-in-flight-entertainment","tag-singapore-airlines"],"aioseo_notices":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44766,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22186\/revisions\/44766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22186"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=22186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}