With the end of the year rapidly approaching, our final aviation research update of the year looks a little different. Our team reviewed developments seen in 2021 across three major IFEC sectors, before outlining anticipated key trends to watch in 2022. In-flight entertainment content >> In-flight entertainment systems >> In-flight connectivity >> Do you agree…
Following on from our annual in-flight entertainment and IFE content reviews, connectivity specialist Daniel Welch completes an IFEC hat-trick with a lookback at the last 12 months for the IFC sector. He then digs out the crystal ball to predict five major trends to watch in 2022. ‘Tis the season. For men all over the…
After our somewhat musical roundup of IFE content developments over the past 12 months, it’s David Whelan’s turn to address recent and upcoming trends impacting in-flight entertainment systems. Or should that be in-flight engagement? A century ago, the “roaring twenties” were characterised as a period of economic prosperity and cultural revolution, famously captured in F.…
In the first of this year’s Valour Consultancy IFEC market reviews – Craig Foster provides a somewhat musical roundup of IFE content developments over the past 12 months. Then, he looks forward to 2022 with some predictions which we hope will prove to be words of wisdom. “Everybody had a hard year” sang John Lennon…
With the end of 2021 in sight, we wanted to take a few moments to highlight what we saw unfolding over the past 12 months and look ahead to 2022. Senior Maritime Analyst Joshua Flood outlines 10 key predictions for the year ahead. Summary of 2021 2021 was a faltering bounce back from 2020…. but…
A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights how our future energy supply needs to not only be clean but eco-remedial, with projects still possessing financial incentives to attract the necessary capital investment. This whitepaper examines the current batch of decommissioning activities in the North Sea which are progressing towards sub-optimal outcomes at…
In-flight connectivity specialist Daniel Welch debates potential winners and losers following Viasat’s shock acquisition announcement. Did you see it coming? I have no issue admitting that I didn’t, and the same can be said for my colleagues, despite claims to the contrary from one maritime expert that shall remain unnamed. Like many, we’ve long speculated…
It was announced this week that American satellite company, Viasat, would acquire its British rival, Inmarsat, in a deal worth USD$7.3billion. This represents a big jump from the $6billion Inmarsat was sold for in 2019 (completed in January 2020) by a consortium of Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus and others. Upon the announcement of the deal,…
When talk turns to AI and Smart Ports, articles are invariably discussing container terminals in western nations. The second busiest container port, Singapore, is also much mentioned. The largest port or port megacity, Shanghai, is really several ports rolled into one and in 2019 it dealt with the equivalent of 43.5 million TEU (stacked lengthwise,…
Valour Consultancy has compiled a list of some of the biggest and most interesting smart terminal ports around the world. Browse our list of companies and regions they operate within. Asia Singapore’s PSA International owns 60 terminals across 26 countries, spanning four continents across regions such as Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and has…
David Whelan, Research Analyst at Valour Consultancy, sees wireless IFE entering a new era. This article was first published in Inflight magazine. You can subscribe to future editions of the publication here. Wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE) solutions are evolving to meet the growing needs of airlines. Where before W-IFE may have been seen as an…
When jetpacks were revealed in 1961, they captured everyone’s imagination. Famous biochemist, Isaac Asimov, predicted that jetpacks would be ‘as common as a bicycle’ by the year 2000. There are many reasons why recreational jetpacks failed to make it to mass market, primarily safety concerns and cost. Are driverless cars facing a similar fate? The…