APEX: Interview with Boris Veksler, President of Betria Interactive, LLC

Boris has over 20 years of experience developing technologies and applications used by millions of people in the Internet, mobile and in-flight entertainment industries. His recently launched flagship product, FlightPath3D, is considered to be the future of interactive mapping applications and is currently gaining formidable traction in the market.

When it comes to in-flight connectivity, what should airlines consider in planning for the future? Airlines’ choices should be informed by their vendors’ technical and operational ability to scale to a higher bandwidth over time and to provide very refined management of that expensive bandwidth. The increasing demands from passengers and the in-flight applications will drive this need. At the same time, there must be a willingness on the part of the airline and their vendors and partners to find ways to offer that same access for as close to free as possible. It is a dichotomy, but connectivity is part of our digital life and is… increasingly becoming an expected part of the standard IFE offering, much like the handout headset became.