Will opportunity knock in IFEC as EchoStar and Dish complete merger?
Satellite communications provider EchoStar Corporation has completed its all-stock merger with American television provider Dish Network Cor... Continue Reading
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Launch of DIRECTV inflight global IPTV planned for 2Q 2024
Having achieved high penetration for its inflight live television service on US airlines, including with JetBlue and United, DirecTV is read... Continue Reading
Viasat poised to power broadband on hundreds of Emirates jets
Viasat London, previously Inmarsat, has long supported Emirates’ cabin connectivity (and indeed cockpit communications) with its L-band sate... Continue Reading
American Airlines picks Intelsat ESA connectivity for nearly 500 RJs
American Airlines, an early adopter of onboard Internet, has announced plans to offer Intelsat’s multi-orbit inflight connectivity solution ... Continue Reading
Emirates looks to expedite A380 inflight connectivity retrofits
Emirates is putting the proverbial pedal to the metal in its bid to bring broadband inflight connectivity to its Airbus A380 fleet. During t... Continue Reading
Emerging satcom not threatening core ATG business: SmartSky and Gogo
Available on Gulfstream G650/G650ER and Embraer ERJ135/145 jets, and ostensibly in line to be certified on several more Gulfstream and Bomba... Continue Reading
Free inflight Wi-Fi model gains traction in commercial aviation
Panasonic Avionics’ prediction early this year that commercial aviation will adopt the free Wi-Fi model by the end of this decade appe... Continue Reading
Aerolíneas Argentinas picks Intelsat ESA connectivity for A330s, MAXs
Aerolíneas Argentinas has selected Intelsat’s multi-orbit inflight connectivity solution for 18 aircraft, comprising Airbus A330 and B... Continue Reading
NetForecast extends network monitoring to airport cellular
Road warriors are accustomed to encountering a bad cell reception in various airport facilities around the world, and when airliners are par... Continue Reading
Airbus HBCplus client list grows including for Emirates A380 retrofit
Airbus’ groundbreaking new supplier-furnished catalogue option for inflight connectivity — known as Airspace Link HBCplus — has been making ... Continue Reading
Gogo eyes 3Q 2024 for 5G shipments as chip problem bites
Challenged by a chip design snag in its 5G program, Gogo Business Aviation now expects to start shipping its faster 5G air-to-ground (ATG) c... Continue Reading
Seamless’ category system for IFC antennas rates Airbus Type 4
Growing in impact every day, the Seamless Air Alliance’s Architecture/Interoperability group — chaired by Airbus and Boeing — has assessed t... Continue Reading
Delta taps Hughes for Ka-band GEO connectivity on 400-plus 717s, RJs
Hughes Network Systems, a relative newcomer to direct-to-airline inflight connectivity, is to install Ka-band satellite-supported inflight c... Continue Reading
Iridium approves third Certus 700 satcom for aero; says more to come
Skytrac’s Iridium Certus SDL-350 satcom system has gained official Iridium approval to provide connectivity across all segments of avi... Continue Reading
One-on-one with AirFi founding partner and CEO Job Heimerikx
It’s no secret that portable wireless IFE provider AirFi sees the world’s narrowbody fleet as the addressable market for its Air... Continue Reading