Internet on Finnair A320 family expected to be akin to JetBlue Fly-Fi
Best known in aviation for providing high-speed Internet to JetBlue Airways, ViaSat is serving as the lead contractor for bringing inflight ... Continue Reading
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Gogo focuses on aero while industry makes waves in maritime
CONNECTIVITY: Commercial aircraft may be the sexy player in satellite connectivity but the maritime market is larger, more mature and easier... Continue Reading
As CPI radome breaks cover on EL Al aircraft, firm eyes IFEC growth
ViaSat’s inflight connectivity installation on an El Al Boeing 737NG aircraft recently broke cover, and the firm this spring received ... Continue Reading
Lack of originality may mar MRJ experience more than delays
Yet another round of delays for the Mitsubishi MRJ, this time on the ferry flight of test aircraft to the United States, leaves the company ... Continue Reading
How Gilat Satellite Networks is broadening its footprint in IFEC
Gogo recently partnered with Gilat Satellite Networks to develop a next generation modem that it says will ultimately be capable of deliveri... Continue Reading
Lufthansa gets into the nitty gritty about its IFC decisions
As an early adopter of inflight connectivity with its FlyNet system, Lufthansa may be a bellwether for the direction in which other airlines... Continue Reading
Regionals are in play for satellite-supported connectivity
There is a not-so-quiet push under foot to explore a segment of the satellite connectivity market previously considered wrapped up tight. Sm... Continue Reading
Bombardier, Embraer and Mitsubishi discuss connectivity work
With a raft of new regional jets and small airliners set to enter into service over the next 24 months, RGN quizzed execs at Bombardier, Emb... Continue Reading
Why BizAv can expect bigger things with 2Ku commercial migration
Gogo’s ability to install its 2Ku product more quickly than previously anticipated may have an unexpected beneficiary. The companyR... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik readies for wave of GX connectivity installs
The enormous wave of inflight connectivity installations that will start sweeping Europe this year will require a huge amount of MRO (mainte... Continue Reading
Gogo’s 2Ku plan: More, faster and maybe cheaper, too
With the hardware installed on 10 planes today Gogo’s 2Ku connectivity solution is far from ubiquitous. But the company and its airlin... Continue Reading
Bombardier makes initial CSeries inflight connectivity focus clear
Panasonic Avionics has taken an early engagement inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) lead with the new Bombardier CSeries twinjet... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand CEO plans to lay Internet egg this year
New Zealand is often left off the map – literally, in cartographic terms, but also figuratively when it comes to inflight Internet. Th... Continue Reading
Iridium aims to win big in a small niche
When it comes to the commercial in-flight connectivity market Iridium's CEO Matt Desch sees a lot of opportunity. For other companies. The m... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Systems wireless options pitched as upgradeable family
As wireless inflight connectivity and inflight entertainment matures, airlines that have not yet made a wireless provider decision are looki... Continue Reading
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