Defense companies find business in #PaxEx
Defense companies are increasingly availing themselves of business opportunities in the ‘passenger experience’ (#PaxEx) sector of civil avia... Continue Reading
Connectivity
VIDEO: JetBlue opts not to permit cell phone calls, VoIP
JetBlue Airways has been quietly permitting VoIP calls on its Fly-Fi-equipped aircraft (as evidenced by the video below). But JetBlue VP cor... Continue Reading
Mobile shapes expectations for passengers
The distinctive dial-up tone of a 14.4 Modem will forever be buried in the back of my mind. Skip half a decade and you have broadband and Wi... Continue Reading
Aeromexico taps Gogo for inflight Internet, IFE
SkyTeam Alliance member Aeromexico plans to equip at least 75 aircraft with both Gogo inflight Internet connectivity and Gogo Vision wireles... Continue Reading
Airlines to sell events in real time on board
Payment technology specialist GuestLogix is on the verge of signing up an airline to begin leveraging inflight connectivity to enable passen... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Bill Gates’ Kymeta clears major milestone
It was a bleak and gloomy day in Vancouver with a slushy wintery mix of rain and sleet and snow and temperatures hovering just above freezin... Continue Reading
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
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 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
Lufthansa carries a big stick and it’s called Technik
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Theodore Roosevelt’s words could very well serve as a new mantra for Lufthansa, whose Lufthansa Techni... 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
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