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
Connectivity
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
Air Canada cranks up cool factor with nose to tail A321/A320 refurb
Among the first carriers in the world to offer in-seat IFE decades ago, Air Canada is cranking up the cool factor on board its Airbus A321s ... Continue Reading
Key attribute of Stellar Blu ESA package could ease Boeing linefit
Fort Worth, Texas-based Stellar Blu Solutions’ work to support inflight connectivity with its multi-orbit electronically steerable ant... Continue Reading
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies sees big surge in IFEC activity
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, a key integrator of inflight entertainment and connectivity systems to aircraft, expects its engineering... Continue Reading
Qatar Airways mum on install details as it vows complimentary Starlink
Qatar Airways, a longtime customer of Inmarsat-now-Viasat’s Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band satellite-supported inflight connectivity service, ha... Continue Reading
CesiumAstro plans 2025 commercial entry for aero ESA after A320 trial
Having recently completed a successful over-the-air demonstration of its dual-beam Ka-band active phased array terminal, CesiumAstro is maki... Continue Reading
Safran sits pretty as Airbus breaks vertical integration of IFC
Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) has ensconced itself in a sweet spot in the inflight connectivity sphere. A decision made years ago to di... Continue Reading