well on Recent Airbus A380 Route Proving

Flights

Panasonic Avionics Corporation reports the

successful first week of in-flight operability testing for its eX2 In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)

system installed aboard the Airbus A380 aircraft that underwent high-profile route proving flights

last week. Beyond the normal route proving tests, the Airbus Operability Demonstration flights

enables Panasonic Avionics to provide an In-Flight Entertainment System proven under

revenue flight conditions in advance of the first Airbus A380 delivery.

The Airbus A380 MSN 007 aircraft, jointly operated by Lufthansa and Airbus, flew to New York,

Hong Kong, and Washington DC, with a 90 minute turn around time between flights. This route

proving campaign also marked the first passenger flights of the A380 to the USA

.

The post-flight feedback on the IFE System provided by the passengers

was very enthusiastic. One passenger, who regularly tests IFE systems, noted that despite the

level of stress on the system put on by the passengers, the eX2 System was stable, very

responsive, and never missed a beat delivering content flawlessly. Another passenger stated

that Panasonic’s eX2 IFE system was the "New Standard".

Sylvain Bauguil, Panasonic’s System Integration Engineer who was onboard during this

campaign reported, "This system is really the most responsive and stable we have ever put on

board an aircraft and the quality of digital video is quite impressive".

The eX2 System is the fifth generation of Panasonic IFE products. Its outstanding performance

and growth capacity is the result of engineering “know how” accumulated over 26 years. The

fully digitalized architecture is based on a high-capacity Enterprise Class media server and a