{"id":67181,"date":"2017-09-29T00:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/philippine-airlines-to-upgrade-and-launch-new-ifc-services\/"},"modified":"2017-09-29T00:46:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:46:45","slug":"philippine-airlines-to-upgrade-and-launch-new-ifc-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/philippine-airlines-to-upgrade-and-launch-new-ifc-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine Airlines to Upgrade and Launch New IFC Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philippine Airlines<\/strong> has tasked <strong>SITAOnAir<\/strong> to upgrade the airline\u2019s existing <strong>Boeing<\/strong> B777 fleet equipped with <strong>Inmarsat\u2019s <\/strong>SwiftBroadband to Inmarsat\u2019s GX Aviation, as well as line-fit Philippine Airlines\u2019 new <strong>Airbus<\/strong> A350s and A321s. Once complete, SITAOnAir will activate its package of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services to offer an enhanced connected experience for passengers and cabin crews.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Philippine Airlines customers will be able to use SITAOnAir\u2019s mobile connectivity over GX via the company\u2019s Mobile OnAir service; OnAir Plug\u2019s secure online channel for in-flight card transactions and crew and passenger interactions; plus integrated, connected in-flight entertainment from <strong>Zodiac Inflight Innovations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Philippine Airlines announced its selection of SitaOnAir\u2019s CrewTab solution to digitize cabin crews\u2019 operations. Coupled with GX connectivity, this solution\u2019s capabilities will further optimize the customer service experience and efficiencies CrewTab-equipped cabin crews can deliver in-flight.<\/p>\n<p>According to Philippine Airlines, the new services drive toward the airline\u2019s goal of becoming a full-service five-star carrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA quality in-flight connectivity experience is now a \u2018must-have\u2019 for airline passengers,\u201d added David Lavorel, SitaOnAir Chief Executive Officer (CEO). \u201cSITA\u2019s 2017 Passenger IT Trends Survey found onboard satisfaction higher among tech-using passengers than non-tech users.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippine Airlines has tasked SITAOnAir to upgrade the airline\u2019s existing Boeing B777 fleet equipped with Inmarsat\u2019s SwiftBroadband to Inmarsat\u2019s GX Aviation, as well as line-fit Philippine Airlines\u2019 new Airbus A350s and A321s. Once complete, SITAOnAir will activate its package of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services to offer an enhanced connected experience for passengers and cabin crews. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}