First tests of Global Xpress planned for March
Launching a satellite is always a harrowing experience for the satellite operator and its partners. Proton launchers don’t always perform as... Continue Reading
Connectivity
Surprise! Ryanair is eyeing GDSs, Wi-Fi
Offering inflight Wi-Fi to passengers is “very high up the list” of priorities for Ryanair, and its previous staunch opposition to the use o... Continue Reading
JetBlue to allow VoIP calls…for now
As more and more tech-savvy travelers educate themselves about what inflight mobile connectivity systems actually do – and realize the... Continue Reading
Boeing to offer inflight connectivity on 787
Boeing plans to offer inflight connectivity on its 787-8 in under a year, after making two connectivity solutions offerable on the new 787-9... Continue Reading
Inflight voice call debate is red herring
Airline passengers have responded with outrage to the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to propose expanding inflight connectivit... Continue Reading
Southwest to offer captioning on wireless IFE
NEWPORT BEACH: Southwest Airlines will be among the first carriers in the United States to introduce closed captioning to its wireless video... Continue Reading
Southwest begins replacing certain Honeywell displays
Southwest Airlines has started retrofitting some of its Boeing 737 flight decks with new Honeywell avionics after so-called ‘Phase 3’ displa... Continue Reading
Offering gate-to-gate wi-fi to passengers may be easier said than done
US airlines are scrambling to submit their applications to the FAA to secure permission to offer passengers the ability to use personal elec... Continue Reading
Will Gogo face competitive disadvantage if it doesn’t reengineer system?
Now that the FAA has cleared a path for airlines to enable passenger use of electronic devices during all phases of flight, inflight Wi-Fi p... Continue Reading
JetBlue, Delta first to gain approval for PEDs gate-to-gate
As news breaks that JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines have received formal FAA approval to permit passengers to use their personal electro... Continue Reading
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