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Etihad preclearance lounge in Abu Dhabi. The unique geometric architecture at the entrance of the lounge features wood tones.

Etihad adds US preclearance lounge for Abu Dhabi passengers

For most passengers, departing from or travelling via an airport with United States Customs and Border Protection Preclearance — and thus co... Continue Reading

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Looking out the aircraft window to see the wing and engine, the latter in bright magenta.

No frills, low cost, Peach offers nothing more or less on CTS-SDJ

With a little day trip in the cards during a recent trip to Japan, I needed to fly between the major Japanese city of Sapporo and the smalle... Continue Reading

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OneWeb satellite in space. Panasonic, Intelsat and Hughes are among the distributors

OneWeb outage underscores value of multi-network connectivity

On 31 December 2024, Eutelsat experienced a “temporary, 48-hour outage” of its Eutelsat OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service, the ... Continue Reading

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A United Airlines passenger is holding up the AirTag information in the app while at baggage claim in an airport. The screen shows how a link can be easily shared with third parties, including the airline.

Airlines get onboard with Apple share location feature for AirTag

Major airlines have improved their ability to track checked bags throughout the travel journey using technology like NFC scanning. But the p... Continue Reading

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Gilat signage at the Satellite 2024 conference and exhibition

Gilat Satellite Networks set to close acquisition of Stellar Blu

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., which is acquiring Stellar Blu Solutions, has amended its purchase agreement with the San Diego-headquartered... Continue Reading

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Rows of WHILL autonomous-driving wheelchairs at Schiphol Airport.

WHILL autonomous wheelchairs see growing adoption at airports

Calendar year 2024 was a busy time for WHILL Inc., which saw strong adoption of its autonomous-driving wheelchairs at airports around the wo... Continue Reading

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Four Astranis MicroGEO satellites are launched into orbit by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Two of the satellites with support inflight connectivity from Anuvu.

Anuvu celebrates successful Falcon 9 launch of MicroGEO satellites

Anuvu’s first two Ku-band MicroGEO satellites, dubbed NuView-A and NuView-B, were successfully ferried into orbit at 12 a.m. eastern on 29 D... Continue Reading

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A woman snapped photos of the marvelous display on the overhead bins.

Air New Zealand’s Christmas cabin highlights power of projection

Aircraft cabin projection technology might finally be coming into its own. While the tech has been showcased at the massive Aircraft Interio... Continue Reading

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A350 in Airbus livery in-flight at the Dubai Airshow

SPI confirms “recent changes” to Airbus HBCplus Ku program

Airbus appears to be rethinking its linefit strategy for the dual-beam electronically steered antenna (ESA)-based Safran Passenger Innovatio... Continue Reading

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Advancing Telecommunication and High-Speed Internet. Satellites Around Earth

SES urges FCC to expedite review of Intelsat acquisition

SES is urging the US Federal Communications Commission to expedite its review of the Luxembourg-based satellite operator’s proposed acquisit... Continue Reading

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Air Canada 787 parked and ready to board. The aircraft is fitted with Intelsat's 2Ku inflight connectivity system, which will support the free Wi-Fi model from May 2025.

Q&A with Norman Haughton as Air Canada preps to offer free Wi-Fi

In a welcome pre-Christmas announcement, Air Canada revealed it is preparing to bring Bell-sponsored free, fast inflight Wi-Fi to passengers... Continue Reading