Do fast Wi-Fi and the shift in media consumption portend BYOL IFE?
If a major streaming platform ever owned a major Hollywood studio, would it change the trajectory of inflight streaming and by extension, th... Continue Reading
Connectivity
ST Engineering iDirect Foresight addresses fundamental satcom shift
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operators and their low-latency services are shaking up traditional business models. The disruptive forces a... Continue Reading
Intellian advances ESA for Panasonic, reveals further aero aspirations
Having made a name for itself in the maritime industry as a leading provider of flat panel antennas, including in support of Eutelsat OneWeb... Continue Reading
Amazon Leo to serve as launchpad for more Delta brand experiences
The proverbial ‘gravitational pull’ of low-latency Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-powered inflight connectivity is continuing unabated in c... Continue Reading
SES eyes cross-unit content bundles between media and aero
Multi-orbit satellite operator SES is exploring cross-unit content bundles between its media and aero or cruise businesses, as the passenger... Continue Reading
SES meoSphere will be core to new MEO/LEO inflight connectivity
WASHINGTON D.C. — Rapidly putting the wheels in motion to launch a next-generation Medium Earth Orbit satellite network, dubbed meoSphere, S... Continue Reading
Air Arabia debuts Panasonic Avionics multi-orbit IFC
Already a customer of Panasonic Avionics’ eXW wireless inflight entertainment system, UAE-based Air Arabia is now flying with the IFEC... Continue Reading
How Quvia helps airlines throw out the IFC playbook and take control
The inflight connectivity marketplace is moving very quickly. And aviation industry stakeholders have never seen anything like it before. Th... Continue Reading
Telesat further optimizes Lightspeed for defense, sees schedule slip
Observing “significant global demand” for military Ka-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite capacity, Telesat is further optimizi... Continue Reading
Panasonic enjoys rapid IFE growth as connected seatback takes wing
Today, only about 8% of Panasonic Avionics’ embedded inflight entertainment systems in the world fleet are connected to onboard connec... Continue Reading
Flightradar24, Aireon partnership sees ADS-B data streams combined
Some partnerships are so synergistic that they simply make perfect sense from the outset. Such is the case with Swedish firm Flightradar24, ... Continue Reading
RAVE Aerospace nixes proprietary antenna work as LEO shapes IFEC
Amid a changing landscape that sees Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satcom coloring the passenger experience, RAVE Aerospace, newly renamed following ... Continue Reading
Iridium plans aviation disruption with Certus safety, space-based VHF
Iridium sees an opportunity to ‘disrupt the status quo’ in aviation now that its next-generation Certus satcom service is undergoing flight ... Continue Reading
Optimism abounds as Amazon eyes more open ecosystem for LEO
Amazon has signaled its interest in allowing trusted government and third-party customers to use their own antenna hardware to integrate its... Continue Reading
Eutelsat reports ‘strong progress’ in IFC as LEO revenues take off
Eutelsat is seeing “strong progress” in its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-based inflight connectivity business, with antenna instal... Continue Reading