Panasonic Avionics Corporation yesterday at the ongoing Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, announced its NEXT inflight entertainment and communications (IFEC) platform.

The company’s newest and most powerful IFEC solution, the NEXT platform was designed to help airlines overcome key challenges by transforming typically rigid entertainment systems into a flexible IFEC platform.

Panasonic is introducing a scalable IFEC solution with the NEXT platform, which blends the latest in inflight entertainment technology, connectivity services and consumer technologies helping airlines reach their business objectives and maximize their investment by extending the lifespan of the IFEC platform.

Because it is both modular and scalable, the NEXT platform creates an easy-to-use, tailored passenger environment that helps airlines meet their existing and future business objectives, maximize passenger engagement, enhance passenger and crew convenience, and ultimately increase efficiency.

The NEXT blends the latest advances in consumer technology, including 4K screens, Light ID, Bluetooth, and much more, backed by an intuitive interface that is simple for all passengers to use.

The powerful combination of the NEXT platform and Panasonic’s global, integrated ecosystem will create an Internet of 'Me' experience for passengers.