An aircraft lighting system comprising a visible light communication, VLC, system for communicating visible light and data to and from a plurality of specific locations, comprising: lighting units provided at the plurality of specific locations within a passenger cabin of an aircraft; at least one source lighting array (24; 124) located in a centralized location of the aircraft comprising: a plurality of lighting elements each configured to generate visible light, wherein the plurality of lighting elements are configured for modulation at a rate of at least about 100 megahertz for data transmission purposes; and a plurality of photodetection devices each configured to detect visible light modulating at a frequency of at least about 100 megahertz; and a plastic optical fiber, POF, cable having an end in communication with the source lighting array and adapted to provide light and data to the lighting units , wherein the POF cable is adapted to transmit visible light generated by the plurality of lighting elements to the lighting units at the plurality of specific locations and is adapted to transmit visible light from the plurality of specific locations to the plurality of photodetection devices ; wherein the POF cable includes a plurality of fiber cores , wherein each of the plurality of lighting elements correspond to one of the plurality of fiber cores of the POF cable and wherein each of the plurality of photodetection devices correspond to one of the plurality of fiber cores of the POF cable; and wherein the plurality of lighting elements are mounted directly onto a surface of a substrate in a face-down configuration, wherein light emission and detection elements of the lighting elements are placed facing said end of the POF cable. lighting units provided at the plurality of specific locations within a passenger cabin of an aircraft; at least one source lighting array (24; 124) located in a centralized location of the aircraft comprising: a plurality of lighting elements each configured to generate visible light, wherein the plurality of lighting elements are configured for modulation at a rate of at least about 100 megahertz for data transmission purposes; and a plurality of photodetection devices each configured to detect visible light modulating at a frequency of at least about 100 megahertz; and a plurality of lighting elements each configured to generate visible light, wherein the plurality of lighting elements are configured for modulation at a rate of at least about 100 megahertz for data transmission purposes; and a plurality of photodetection devices each configured to detect visible light modulating at a frequency of at least about 100 megahertz; and a plastic optical fiber, POF, cable having an end in communication with the source lighting array and adapted to provide light and data to the lighting units , wherein the POF cable is adapted to transmit visible light generated by the plurality of lighting elements to the lighting units at the plurality of specific locations and is adapted to transmit visible light from the plurality of specific locations to the plurality of photodetection devices ; wherein the POF cable includes a plurality of fiber cores , wherein each of the plurality of lighting elements correspond to one of the plurality of fiber cores of the POF cable and wherein each of the plurality of photodetection devices correspond to one of the plurality of fiber cores of the POF cable; and wherein the plurality of lighting elements are mounted directly onto a surface of a substrate in a face-down configuration, wherein light emission and detection elements of the lighting elements are placed facing said end of the POF cable. <EOS>