#Humpspotter Alert: ThinKom Ka antenna breaks cover on Spirit mod
Rumors have long swirled that ThinKom Solutions was helping Thales rectify the problems plaguing its long-delayed Ka-band inflight connectiv... Continue Reading
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#Humpspotter Alert: Air Tanzania A220 and Norwegian Air Argentina
On Thanksgiving morning, Airbus revealed the full livery of Air Tanzania’s first A220-300 twinjet. Air Tanzania will be the type’s first ope... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Saudia A320 emerges with hybrid IFC plus seatback
In a rather quiet announcement released only in Arabic, Saudia has officially placed into service the newest entrant into the inflight conne... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Air France-KLM A330 with Gogo 2Ku breaks cover
Twenty-one months after the initial announcement, the first Air France-KLM aircraft has been spotted with Gogo’s 2Ku inflight connectivity s... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: El Al 787 sports intriguing hump
Photos of El Al’s first 787-9 circulated online late last month. Of particular interest is the presence of a radome atop the frame, ki... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: LOT, Norwegian, Air Europa humps of note spotted
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a few interesting and unexpected developments in the inflight connectivity ecosystem. By keep... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Air Astana Boeing 767 with GX breaks cover
Inmarsat can finally count another airline as having retrofitted hardware to aircraft in preparation for an upcoming Inmarsat GX Aviation se... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Rouge quietly installed 2Ku across A319 fleet
As director of airline research at Routehappy, your author often finds that juicy data points can emerge from the most unexpected of sources... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: British Airways 747 with 2Ku breaks cover
The last time we checked in on British Airways’ venerable fleet of Boeing 747-400s, the newest of them were getting refitted with even more ... Continue Reading
Inmarsat positions GDC terminal for global GX
Inmarsat is positioning GDC Technics’ new inflight connectivity terminal – with ThinKom’s Ka VICTS phased-array antenna – as not just ... Continue Reading
SES confident Gogo will honor Ku commitments after Intelsat buy
Satellite operator SES is confident that Gogo will continue to honor its Ku-band satellite capacity commitments after Intelsat completes its... Continue Reading
Seamless eyes airline showcase of cellular roaming over Wi-Fi
A bevy of airlines, satellite operators and inflight connectivity stakeholders are progressing in their efforts to build a set of standards ... Continue Reading
Inmarsat and Hughes join forces on high-capacity IFC for North America
The inflight connectivity market in North America is hotly competitive, with service providers such as Gogo, Global Eagle and Viasat duking ... Continue Reading
Air France pins turnaround on improved premium passenger experience
Air France CEO Anne Rigail knows only too well the result of the airline’s years of under-investment in the passenger experience. When Air F... Continue Reading
Air Europa proves inconsistent crapshoot of an experience
When I booked an intra-Europe flight from Amsterdam to Madrid with Air Europa back in July, I had no idea that by the time my November depar... Continue Reading
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