Riyadh Air has selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation as its official partner for inflight entertainment (IFE) to enhance its guest experience by providing an immersive entertainment experience on board.
As a part of the deal, Panasonic Avionics’ Astrova IFE solution will be installed across Riyadh Air’s entire Boeing 787-9 fleet facilitating a broad range of innovative solutions for guests that include prior browsing and selection of content, continuous viewing from flight to flight and pairing of smart devices.
The airline’s research has shown that guests demand USB-C port charging technology, aligning with Saudi Arabia’s mandate for mobile phones to have USB-C charging ports by 2025 while seeing less value in dated hardware such as corded handsets and slower wireless charging.
Representing a significant step to redefine the guest experience, Anton Vidgen, vice president of guest experience at Riyadh Air, said: “By equipping our fleet with Panasonic Avionics’ advanced in-flight entertainment systems, we are ensuring that our guests enjoy a seamless, immersive, and world-class experience from takeoff to landing.”
Excited to be Riyadh Air’s IFE partner, Hernan Abbes, vice president of global sales at Panasonic Avionics said: “From the moment of launch, they have shown a clear desire to innovate and we are confident that our Astrova IFE solution will deliver an engaging and immersive inflight experience for their guests. Astrova also reimagines the ownership experience and its modular design will enable Riyadh Air to keep up with market trends by easily upgrading components and making software updates, thus reducing lifecycle costs.”
