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INTERVIEW ROCKWELL COLLINS

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In-Flight Entertainment leader Rockwell Collins is focussing on delivering IFE and
connectivity solutions that maximise efficiency and effectiveness for its airline customers

iFe systeMs in the FutuRe WiLL
have far greater levels of technology and
‘intelligence’ that will be able to deliver a user
experience far in excess of what is available
currently. At the same time Rockwell Collins
is strongly focussed on delivering the best
value in terms of the balance between
technology, reliability and cost. ““We are
very pleased with the roll-out of our PAVES
seat-centric IFE solution thus far and we are
continuing to innovate and improve. We will
have another generation of monitors that
comes out next year and we will continue
to have more storage and better resolution
displays for our IFE systems,“ says Jeff Sare,
Vice President, Air Transport Cabin Solutions
Sales and Marketing at Rockwell Collins, in
an interview with Asian Airlines & Aerospace. Jeff Sare, Vice President, Air Transport Cabin Solutions Sales and Marketing, Rockwell Collins
His area of focus at Rockwell Collins spans aircraft more like that which was traditionally to have more storage and better resolution
the complete portfolio of PAVES IFE and selected for widebody aircraft. Today’s IFE displays for our IFE systems. PAVES on
connectivity solutions including seat-centric systems are also smaller, lighter, thinner demand since its launch on the aircraft it is
IFE, broadcast and wireless IFE, high-speed and easier to install in aircraft and are more flying on has got a 99.97 percent availability
broadband connectivity. Edited excerpts from reliable and efficient; resulting in a greater rate. As an eg. After a half year of service on a
the interview. take-up rate across all forms of IFE. So we are couple of different airplanes, we have literally
seeing contrary to what we expected, in all had only one monitor failure in total.
What are the latest trends you are honesty, and that is a greater take-up rate of all
observing for IFE on single aisle aircraft? forms of IFE, including in-seat on narrowbody What are the Rockwell Collins cabin and IFE
Today’s single-aisle jetliners are more fuel- aircraft. This is not something that we were products that would be of interest in the
efficient, have longer range and greater necessarily expecting to be happening in the region?
seating capacity than their predecessors. marketplace. Right now, today’s low cost carriers are very
Hence airlines are now flying these aircraft interested in wireless IFE and everybody is
on more diverse route structures and the What are the latest developments related interested on hearing about and considering
result of the increased flight times is the need to PAVES IFE? connectivity. This remains the case even if they
for airlines to find more ways to enhance the PAVES seat centric is doing very well and is are not ready as yet to commit to connectivity
travel experience for the customer, than was a path-breaking product for the industry. We solutions and the costs involved. Everybody
available on the more conventional 1.5 hour are very pleased with the roll-out thus far and is trying to figure how to drive ancillary
to 2-hour flight segments. What this is doing we are continuing to innovate and improve. revenue from having Wi-Fi onboard aircraft. I
with regards to IFE is that it is making an We will have another generation of monitors think that the wireless and connectivity play
airline choose IFE equipment for a single-aisle that comes out next year and we will continue extends to all airlines at some degree. Legacy
We are very pleased with the roll-out of our PAVES seat-centric IFE solution

thus far and we are continuing to innovate and improve. We will have another

generation of monitors that comes out next year and we will continue to
have more storage and better resolution displays for our IFE systems

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