A leaked memo reveals that Apple and Air India met at Apple Park to discuss a 'deeper collaboration' between the two firms.
and Air India previously met to discuss using iPad tablets to improve inflight navigation for pilots. In 2021 Delta Airlines issued iPad units to some of its pilots to help them call up flight charts, equipment manuals, and other data in-flight. The iPad replaces a flight bag that pilots carry which could weigh as much as 40 pounds. Delta was hoping that having the tablet in the cockpit would result in quicker communications between the ground and flight crew.
It seems that Air India has something like this in mind for its pilots. Press reports in January said that the airline was beginning to purchase iPad tablets for its flight crews. The device has some other uses as well for passengers. When Air India's current CEO was the top executive of Scoot Pte., a budget carrier owned by Singapore Airlines, he stripped out the in-flight entertainment equipment and replaced it with iPads.
So when Wilson took the CEO job at Air India last year, he remembered what worked at Scoot and by this past May, Air India announced that it had become one of Apple's biggest iPad customers. Whether its iPad purchases or something else was the main topic of discussion between Apple and Air India is not known. Others suggest that the airline has an interest in Apple's extensive know-how in design or perhaps Air India would like help from Apple to cut its usage of carbon-based materials. Perhaps Air India will eventually reveal the specifics of the deeper collaboration it seeks with Apple.
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