Aircraft manufacturer De Havilland Canada and digital services provider Bluebox have announced  a collaboration agreement at the Paris Air Show currently underway.

The agreement includes offering Bluebox’s Blueview digital services platform as an option on Dash 8-400 aircraft.

Jean-Philippe Côté, Vice-President Programs and Business Improvement, De Havilland Canada said: “By partnering with Bluebox, a digital passenger experience is added to the options available to our team s they support retrofit opportunities around the world. And by providing a Service Bulletin and certification, we are able to shorten not only the engineering timescales, but the time to market for operators to benefit from delivering digital services into the hands of their passengers as well.”

“Partnering with De Havilland Canada will help us bring the digital cabin to more airlines and more passengers worldwide, just as we’ve done by deploying our solutions on Dash 8-400 fleets for ANA and Air Inuit – enabling a digital in-flight experience for passengers on regional routes served by the turboprops,” said Paul Rayson, Business Development Director, Bluebox. “Now, with De Havilland Canada actively supporting the engineering and certification of the installation of our hardware, all operators of Dash 8-400 aircraft will find the deployment process even simpler and faster. This new partnership is a testament to our commitment to offering the benefits of a digital in-flight experience to passengers in any cabin and operators of any business model and route network.”