Thales unveiled its innovative new in-flight entertainment system FlytEDGE at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, which also won the prestigious “IFEC and Digital Services” Crystal Cabin award at the awards gala dinner that took place during the expo on 28 May.
FlytEDGE, which the company says is a true engagement platform offering boundless opportunities for connected and custom journeys, provides a ‘just-for-you’ experience for air passengers, intelligently recommending content across domains with an individually tailored and immersive entertainment experience.
“At Thales we’re always at the forefront of innovation, investing in digital technologies, and working with our partners to redefine the inflight experience. We’re delighted to bring FlytEDGE’s state-of-the-art capabilities to our airline customers to create memorable and fully-tailored passenger interactions,” said Yannick Assouad, Executive Vice-President Avionics, Thales.
“FlytEDGE is the first connected cloud-based IFE to introduce ground-breaking new experiences with a true engagement platform offering boundless opportunities for unique journeys. Stay tuned for more exciting news as the system is set to premier on a leading global airline.”
FlytEDGE features edge caching, and passengers can instantly stream their favourite entertainment using their personal video subscriptions and continue watching their favourite shows from the ground to the air and across flights.
The system has cinematic 4K QLED HDR seatback displays with over 1 billion vibrant colours, high-speed charging for personal devices and two Bluetooth connections. It also broadcasts the same user interface on board for all devices including phones, tablets and seatback screens.
FlytEDGE also features Thales’ Onboard Data Center (ODC) with 96TB of storage to enable on-board edge caching, reducing connectivity consumption and ensuring that bandwidth is available for other in-flight services.
The system caters for remote operations with virtual labs for anywhere, allowing updates any time as well as real-time system monitoring and automated maintenance tasks.
