All Nippon Airways (ANA) has been announced as FlightPath3D’s 50th airline customer in just five years.
FlightPath3D offers a compelling and innovative interactive 3D moving map experience enhanced with relevant and engaging ‘geotainment’ information services. The company leverages its patented technology to provide a breadth of location-based digital content that can be shown on seatback, mobile device or overhead displays.
Read MoreHaving built its inflight moving map software to run on LINUX, iOS or Android and on any inflight entertainment system, FlightPath3D has rocketed to a place of prominence in the industry, securing airline customers from around the globe.
In five years, the Lake Forest, California-based firm has seen its maps offered on over 2,000 commercial aircraft and viewed by over 275 million passengers annually.
Read MoreFlightPath3D has grown from zero to 40 airline customers in just four years. The company’s president Duncan Jackson chats with director of APEX Media Maryann Simson about how FlightPath3D’s rich content keeps passengers engaged and informed while also gathering useful data about their travel preferences.
Read MoreAfter years of stagnation from providers of the ubiquitous inflight entertainment moving map - indeed, the days of wondering why shipwrecks 39,000 feet below the aircraft are marked are not yet over - FlightPath3D keeps innovating to provide new options for passengers.
Read MoreThe moving map display, now a regular feature on inflight entertainment systems, has been transformed to a tool for ancillary revenue with companies like FlightPath paving the way.
It’s a safe bet that many passengers, when taking a rare overseas trip first laid eyes on a moving map display they were pleasantly surprised and impressed.
Read MoreAs customers’ expectations grow exponentially to include “always on” entertainment and information sources on board aircraft, some airlines lag in delivery. Bridging that gap with smart technology and digital sleight of hand, moving map specialist FlightPath3D is offering up a solution to meet passenger needs while using little or no real-time bandwidth during a flight.
Read MoreAPEX Insight: In-flight connectivity isn’t just about enabling passengers to check their e-mails, post photos to Instagram and browse the web. At today’s Passenger Experience Conference in Hamburg, Cyril Jean, CEO of PXCom, and Duncan Jackson, president of FlightPath3D, discuss how IFC can generate new revenue streams and create opportunities for personalization, too.
Read MoreForget onboard maps with just aircraft speed and distance to destination, now FlightPath3D is offering an immersive inflight experience with 10 or more views from the aircraft including from the cockpit, windows on either side and from above. And the view can be fully customised to depict each airline customer’s full livery.
Read MoreFor decades, all in-flight aircraft tracking maps have looked pretty much the same, but possibly not for long...
As the World is rocked by the Pokemon Go phenomenon, quite possibly the first global massive augmented reality craze, it just sounds natural that a growing number of airlines, among them Norwegian, Air France, Finnair, KLM and Virgin Atlantic, are switching to a new generation onboard flight tracker.
Read MoreLumexis introduced its newest embedded IFE solution – FTTS 4 – at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg last week. The upgrade brings aspects of its iPAX entry-level product to the flagship line, significantly improving performance and creating a product that more closely resembles the tablet experience travelers are familiar with.
Read MoreFlightPath3D President Duncan Jackson speaking at the Connected Traveler North America 2016 conference in San Francisco.
Read MoreBetria Interactive has introduced FlightPath2D to bring a new level of geo-tainment to onboard moving map systems that supports past – and future – in-flight entertainment systems. Recently introduced to Virgin America’s Red IFE, FlightPath2D shows passengers detailed, interactive global satellite imagery. “It is an incredibly well designed, functional and easy-to-use product,” says Warren Hamilton, Virgin America’s manager of product development.
Read MoreBetria’s new Interactive FlightPath2D and Interactive HTML Moving Map services are designed to support past and future IFE platform requirements. Both services deliver much of the incredible experience offered by the fully interactive and content rich FlightPath3D service offering. The new Interactive FlightPath2D service supports earlier generations of IFE platforms and offers a cost effective way to enhance an older or out dated map service. The new Interactive HTML service supports the new generation of Wireless systems and portable laptop and tablet solutions with a browser-based service that requires no application download and supports all major browser types.
Read MoreVirgin America, the low-fare, upscale airline known for offering the latest in in-flight entertainment and technology, recently launched FlightPath2D from Betria Interactive to deliver the most cutting edge in-flight Moving Map experience available. This new service has been added as part of a recent upgrade to Virgin America’s award-winning, Android-based Red in-flight entertainment system, which is currently being rolled out across the airline’s fleet and will be available on all aircraft in 2016.
Read MoreAt Aircraft Interiors Expo last week in Hamburg, we met with Boris Veksler, president of Betria Interactive LLC, who filled us in on the latest from FlightPath3D and walked us through some of the most popular features on their fully interactive platforms.
“Ultimately what we’re trying to do with all of this is get the passenger to the next level, and the next level is the content,” said Veksler. And with Norwegian Air winning the Avion Award for “Best Single Achievement in Passenger Experience” using FlightPath3D’s moving map system, FlightPath3D is certainly on the right path (pun intended).
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