FlytEDGE

The industry’s first and only cloud-native inflight entertainment platform

Civil Aviation
Commercial aviation

FlytEDGE is built to help airlines deliver extraordinary digital experiences. With FlytEDGE, airlines can drive deeper passenger connections, increase operational excellence, and generate ancillary revenue.

MAIN ASSETS

Passenger engagement

Unrivalled autonomy to deliver personalized, memorable experiences to increase Net Promoter Score (NPS) and brand differentiation. FlytEDGE offers the broadest and deepest content portfolio, including limitless third-party consumer web apps and streaming services passengers know and love.
Operational excellence

Absolute fastest way to deploy digital experiences at the lowest risk, friction, and cost. FlytEDGE is the only IFEC platform enabling airlines to build, test, and deploy apps, software, and content, completely remotely – no acceptance tests or Thales intervention required.
Ancillary revenue

Endless opportunities to drive loyalty, strengthen partnerships, and maximize customer lifetime value. Seamless integration of 3rd party web apps provides airlines unlimited opportunities to capitalize on direct-to-consumer business models and strengthen partnerships.

FlytEDGE is a real, proven, patented, and in-service solution flying today.

FlytEDGE has won four back-to-back Crystal Cabin Awards®, including the Pulse Power (2022), Onboard Data Center (2023), accessibility suite (2024), and for FlytEDGE platform as a whole (2024).

FlytEDGE is uniquely positioned to help airlines drive deeper passenger connections, increase operational excellence with completely remote operations, and generate ancillary revenue.

FEATURES

At the heart of FlytEDGE is the Onboard Data Center (ODC), the world’s first and only flying data center. The ODC provides airlines with all the benefits of the cloud, including the fastest time to market, highest system resilience, infinite scalability, and real-time access to important system health and passenger experience data.

The ODC leverages a redundant blade architecture, modeled and built using best practices from the big cloud players on the ground. Each blade has a dedicated purpose, providing FlytEDGE with storage, compute, networking, and power. These blades are self-healing, and redundant in both hardware and in software, resulting in lower maintenance costs and uninterrupted entertainment experiences. The blades are easily upgraded to support evolving airline and passenger needs (e.g. increased storage, Generative AI and Agentic AI apps), ensuring airlines maximize their return on investment for years to come.

Today, the ODC’s primary function is to support in-flight entertainment, but in the future could support non-safety critical use cases including improving cargo, catering, cockpit, and maintenance operations.

Optiq is Thales’ line of intelligent 4K high dynamic range (HDR) displays withproprietary Samsung QLED technology, immersing passengers in over a billion vibrant colors, even in dynamic lighting conditions. Optiq is designed to meet the needs of passengers now and into the future with two Bluetooth connections and built-in Wi-Fi, enabling passengers to pair multiple devices simultaneously, including mobile phones, headsets, gaming controllers, and whatever else is to come.

Pulse is a dynamic power management system offering passengers high-power USB-A, USB-C, and wireless charging. Pulse eliminates today’s ‘first come, first serve’ power allocation to guarantee all devices get power, regardless of who plugs in first. With dynamic power allocation, less weight, and reduced operational cost, Pulse improves power delivery in almost every way possible.