Seamless releases IFC toolkit to aid airline RFPs; Viasat yet to join
With the aim of ensuring that airlines and suppliers can speak the same language when buying and selling inflight connectivity solutions, re... Continue Reading
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Honeywell, Thales developing connected FMS for A320, A330 and A350
Airbus has selected two longtime avionics competitors, Honeywell and Thales, to provide the nextgen flight management system for new A320, A... Continue Reading
Viasat sees production-ready phased array for aero in a couple years
Viasat is still “a couple years away” from offering a flat panel phased array antenna to support its aero services, company president and CE... Continue Reading
Gogo teams with Hughes, OneWeb for global LEO inflight connectivity
Gogo Business Aviation, the dominant provider of inflight connectivity to business aircraft in North America, is gearing up to go global wit... Continue Reading
Southwest Airlines selects Viasat high-speed Internet for new jets
Southwest Airlines has selected Viasat’s high-speed Ka-band inflight connectivity service to be factory-installed on all new aircraft delive... Continue Reading
Gilat targets narrowbodies, RJs and bizjets for ESA
Gilat Satellite Networks is targeting narrowbodies, regional jets and business jets for initial type certifications and deployments of its f... Continue Reading
El Al works to bring back IFC on 737s; taps Bluebox IFE as stopgap
El Al and Viasat are working to bring onboard Internet back into service across the carrier’s Boeing 737 fleet “as soon as possible”, El Al ... Continue Reading
Boeing joins groundbreaking IFC standards group Seamless Air Alliance
Fast-growing global inflight connectivity standards group, Seamless Air Alliance can now boast a membership roster that includes the two big... Continue Reading
Hawaiian to offer free onboard Internet as it signs for Starlink
Hawaiian Airlines is vowing to offer free high-speed Internet to passengers on its transpacific flights after becoming the first major airli... Continue Reading
SpaceX secures JSX as launch customer for Starlink inflight Internet
SpaceX’s forthcoming Starlink LEO satellite-powered inflight connectivity service is gaining momentum, as public charter operator JSX announ... Continue Reading
Viasat looks to meld direct aero model with Inmarsat VAR ecosystem
Viasat is looking at “melding” its strategy of directly serving commercial airlines with that of Inmarsat’s value added reseller (VAR) model... Continue Reading
Hanwha Phasor touts in-house chip work as key differentiator for ESA
Hanwha Systems sees aero as its “main target” for the active phased array antenna technology and IP it acquired when it bought Phasor Soluti... Continue Reading
Kymeta expects aero ESA to be available in 2024
Kymeta, the Bill Gates-backed manufacturer of flat-panel electronically steered antennas which recently received fresh equity financing, rec... Continue Reading
Breeze eyes inflight connectivity for some E-Jet sports charters
Breeze Airways’ announcement last month that Viasat’s satellite-based inflight connectivity will power its new Airbus A220 fleet perha... Continue Reading
Intelsat eyes small MEO constellation for hybrid aero service
Intelsat is eyeing the launch of a small MEO satellite constellation with the aim of supporting a multi-orbit network strategy for aviation,... Continue Reading