Panasonic Avionics Corporation - Panasonic Avionics Corporation To Supply Air New Zealand with X Series on A320 and B767

LAKE FOREST, California – 12 May 2008 – Beginning August 2008, Air New Zealand cartage on axle thirteen (13) A320 and 5 (5) B767 aircraft will acquaintance a breakthrough bound advance with Panasonic X Series in-flight ball (IFE) systems. This IFE arrangement offers video and audio on appeal (AVOD), games, iPod integration, and amateur as able-bodied as added ball options.

Under the agreement, the Panasonic X Series will bear a beginning and abnormally Kiwi acquaintance to Air New Zealand’s cartage with functionality initially including AVOD, affective map, games, iPod integration, USB media player, surveys and airline information, while accouterment Air New Zealand’s aggregation and engineering agents with avant-garde accoutrement to advance the system. As Air New Zealand’s abiding action evolves, beat functionality can calmly be added to the system.

This accolade winning, top quality, IFE arrangement delivers a absolute alternate in-flight acquaintance that allows airline cartage to be both abreast and entertained from their seats. The X Series is lighter and consumes beneath ability with added functionality than antecedent bearing IFE systems.

“The Panasonic X Series meets our needs because of its adequacy and reliability. It was aswell important that the arrangement we called had the adeptness to advance above our actual requirements to ensure we can abide to action our barter a different biking acquaintance in years to come,” said Air New Zealand’s Group General Manager International Airline Ed Sims.

"We are admiring to accommodate an in-flight ball band-aid for Air New Zealand to bear that abnormally Kiwi experience,” said Paul Margis, Chief Executive Officer at Panasonic Avionics Corporation. “X Series is the absolute business platform, accouterment Air New Zealand basic adverse in their market.”

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About Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Panasonic Avionics Corporation is the world's arch supplier of in-flight ball (IFE) and advice systems. The company’s best-in-class solutions, accurate by able aliment services, absolutely integrates with the berth enabling airlines to bear the ultimate biking adventures with a affluent array of ball choices, consistent in bigger above advice systems and solutions, bargain time-to-market and lower all-embracing costs.

Established in 1979, Panasonic Avionics serves over 200 barter common and provides systems on over 3,700 aircraft. Headquartered in Lake Forest, California, the aggregation employs over 2,600 advisers with operations in 80 locations worldwide. For added information, amuse appointment www.panasonic.aero.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is a accessory of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the arch North American accessory of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC). Additional advice on Matsushita Electric and Panasonic is accessible at www.panasonic.com.