Hainan Airlines expands partnership with Thales as its strategic IFEC provider
Hainan Airlines, a global SKYTRAX Five-Star airline for seven consecutive years, continue bringing excellence to their passenger experience. To achieve this, they rely on Thales to provide state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment and connectivity solutions for a remarkable experience upholding Hainan Airlines prestigious brand.
This commitment was further enhanced today with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding positioning Thales as the strategic inflight entertainment and connectivity provider for the Airlines new wide body A350 fleet. This move is a further demonstration of the carrier’s trust in Thales to support their ambitions in offering an exceptional passenger experience.
Through this initiative, Hainan Airlines and Thales extend their cooperation and deepen their long term partnership. Delivering on Hainan’s own strategic vision, Thales will further provide its leading expertise, latest Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity solutions with the newest features, user interfaces and innovations.
The subsidiary airlines of HNA Group have a combined fleet of over 50 A330 aircraft flying with Thales IFE systems. As announced earlier this year in January, Thales was selected to equip HNA Group airlines with its latest AVANT In-Flight Entertainment system on a fleet of 42 wide-body A330 and 17 A350 XWB aircraft including Thales FlytCARE maintenance services.
Key points
- Thales and Hainan Airlines further develop their long term partnership by positioning Thales as the strategic IFEC provider for their new WB A350 fleet.
- Thales is committed to supporting Hainan Airline’s growth ambitions by continuing to provide excellence in passenger experience.
- The subsidiary airlines of HNA Group have a combined fleet of 50 aircraft with Thales IFE systems. Previously announced in January, Thales was selected to equip HNA Group airlines with AVANT on a fleet of A330 and A350 aircraft.
