Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced (31-Aug-2021) the launch of a series of 'Connectivity Bundles', intended to support airlines looking to onboard an inflight connectivity service for a fixed monthly fee. The bundles offer cost certainty, remove data limitations, and help airlines increase ancillary revenue generation via in-flight connectivity. The bundles offer:
- A robust passenger payment platform that offers choice and simplifies payment options with Apple Pay and Alipay, mobile services and a team that can monitor and measure performance to further optimise the solution;
- Live sports and news content through Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra, BBC, CNN, CNBC and more incremental bandwidth packages for dynamic web browsing, high-speed streaming and other uses;
- Use of the Panasonic Avionics passenger portal provides, with access to the internet, 'ZeroTouch' capabilities enabling remote software and operational updates from the cloud, and a suite of solutions such as analytics;
- Promotional recommendations and templates to support the airline's on-board and off-board marketing efforts. [more - original PR]