Air India Upgrades Fleet with Thales Inflight Entertainment

By By Rediff Money Desk, NEWDELHI
Feb 19, 2024 22:04
Air India to upgrade its Boeing 777 and 787 fleet with Thales's AVANT Up inflight entertainment system, starting in 2024.
Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters
New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) Air India's existing fleet of 40 Boeing 777s and 787s will be upgraded with Thales' inflight entertainment system.

The fleet will be upgraded with AVANT Up inflight entertainment solution, according to a release on Monday.

"Thales will upgrade and retrofit Air India's current fleet of 40 Boeing 777s and 787s with its state-of-the-art AVANT Up system, starting in 2024 and continuing through 2025," it said.

Further, Thales will install the system on Air India's 11 new Airbus and Boeing aircraft with deliveries to commence in 2025.

Thales is into developing advanced technologies within three domains -- defence & security, aeronautics & space, and digital identity & security.
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