FAA assessing if corrective action necessary for fuselage scratches
The US FAA says it is assessing whether any required corrective actions are necessary after fuselage scratches were identified under the ant... Continue Reading
Connectivity
VIDEO: PTC talks ABCs of IoT for aviation industry
We’ve all heard that the Internet of things (IoT) is coming to an aircraft near you, and that its arrival will herald a major change in the ... Continue Reading
Boeing, Airbus bolster inflight connectivity options on narrowbodies
Under pressure from airline customers to provide factory-fit broadband Internet systems on narrowbody aircraft, Boeing and Airbus have each ... Continue Reading
Lufthansa says coin still flipping on short-haul Internet decision
Lufthansa says a satellite-based connectivity solution is back under consideration for its short-haul fleet. The company, which previously t... Continue Reading
US transcon war heats up as Virgin America taps ViaSat for Internet
Just over a year ago, travelers witnessed the dawn of the so-called “transcon war“, which pitted five airlines in a battle to ca... Continue Reading
Panasonic wins key license to offer connectivity in Chinese airspace
Today’s global inflight connectivity market is only mostly global. China, in particular, is a connectivity black hole for most airline... Continue Reading
Falcon 9 failure deals blow to inflight high-speed Internet schemes
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this morning suffered an “anomaly” approximately two minutes into flight, resulting in a loss of the ve... Continue Reading
BYOR, bring your own (content) rights, is ready to take flight
The shift from in-seat IFE systems to the bring your own device (BYOD) model is far from complete. After all, nearly all widebody aircraft r... Continue Reading
LCC flydubai to update seatback entertainment via connectivity
Known in the airline industry as having a lust for innovation, low-cost carrier flydubai has selected Global Eagle Entertainment to fit its ... Continue Reading
Aviation industry has never been hungrier for inflight connectivity
LE BOURGET: Metaphors can be hard to translate across languages. And so, as I stood in one of the chalets at the Paris Air Show this week sp... Continue Reading
Gogo snags first South American customer for 2Ku
Brazilian airline GOL is the first South American airline to sign for Gogo inflight connectivity, as reported in RGN Premium last week, with... Continue Reading
China expected to end ban on use of mobile phones in-flight by 2016
BEIJING: China is expected to end a ban that currently prohibits the use of mobile phones in-flight even in airplane mode with cellular serv... Continue Reading
Chinese carriers want connectivity partners to share costs and data
BEIJING: China Eastern Airlines and Air China hope inflight connectivity will be profitable and fundamentally change their businesses – but ... Continue Reading
Gogo’s GTO connectivity to fly first as FAA greenlights testing
Commercial aviation took another step towards accessing faster inflight connectivity today as Gogo received certification from the FAA to b... Continue Reading
JetBlue plans to continue offering paid tier of Fly-Fi for VPN users
JetBlue’s recent announcement that it has reached a sponsorship agreement with Amazon Prime to ensure its free tier of inflight ‘... Continue Reading
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