THALES : Oman Air new 25, B737, B787 and A330s flying with Thales AVANT
June 17, 2015 at 02:13 am
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Oman Air expands fleet with 16 B737s, 3 A330s, six 6 B787s.
Oman Air selects AVANT Android system, enabling a fully customizable passenger experience for Oman Air.
AVANT has now been selected across 19 airlines and total orders exceed 500 aircraft.
At the Paris Air Show, Thales announces the AVANT in-flight entertainment system has been selected by Oman Air's for its fleet expansion.
This announcement covers a total order of 16 B737, 3 A330s, and 6 B787 representing the newest and first Boeing wide body fleet being delivered to Oman Air.
Oman Air will feature the AVANT state of the art Android system and Thales award winning Touch PMU handset. Passengers will have access to a wide selection of on-demand entertainment delivered through a passenger experience interface developed specifically with Oman Air. AVANT has been selected by 19 airlines; more than 130 aircraft are flying with the AVANT system with total orders exceeding 500 aircraft.
The system is offerable on all new generation Boeing and Airbus platforms. 750,000 passengers per day across 75 partner airlines use Thales InFlyt Experience systems, making Thales one of the most successful providers of in-flight entertainment systems in the world.
Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).