Why airlines are speaking directly to IFC hardware suppliers
More than ever, airlines are educating themselves about inflight connectivity hardware and not solely relying on service providers and integ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: 2Ku
Safran expects its new antenna to be first nextgen cleared for GX
Awaiting a new name, Zodiac Inflight Innovations/Safran in collaboration with Jet-Talk has developed an ARINC 792-compliant flat panel anten... Continue Reading
Room for improvement in first class on Alaska Boeing 737-900
With its fantastic earnings rates and miles flown-based status chart, Alaska Airlines’ loyalty program is one of the best out there th... Continue Reading
Delta has good reason to be proud of Delta One Suites
Usually airline strikes don’t pan out super well for the passenger, and a recent strike by China Airlines pilots over rest issues thre... Continue Reading
Alaska versus JetBlue: A study in transcon PaxEx outside the Big Three
JetBlue Airways and Alaska Airlines have a lot more similarities than differences, but there are still a few key differentiators that separa... Continue Reading
Delta hits a home run with Airbus A220 passenger experience
Few airlines in the world take product consistency as seriously as Delta. When it inducted the Airbus A220 into its operations, the carrier ... Continue Reading
Collins Aerospace stays the course with wireless vision for IFEC
Collins Aerospace is not straying from its plan to focus on supporting wireless connectivity and BYOD entertainment for airline passengers i... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gogo updates market on satellite IFC tally for commercial
Gogo Inc. has announced the installation of 477 net aircraft with satellite technology during 2018. Gogo ended the year with 1,296 net comme... Continue Reading
Cathay aims for IFC critical mass, narrowbodies and new portal
As Cathay Pacific progresses in its Gogo 2Ku installation, the airline is looking ahead to the next steps in its inflight connectivity strat... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gogo announces strong year-end de-icing results
Gogo today announced that as of December 31st, 2018, modifications to protect against de-icing fluid contamination on its 2Ku North American... Continue Reading
When aged British Airways 747s offer a better PaxEx than its A380s
Four flights connecting three continents with nearly 20,000 miles flown in economy class on British Airways have left me with oddly mixed fe... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gogo sees positive results from 2Ku de-icing mods
Gogo Inc., the leading global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, today announced that modifications to i... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Air Tanzania A220 and Norwegian Air Argentina
On Thanksgiving morning, Airbus revealed the full livery of Air Tanzania’s first A220-300 twinjet. Air Tanzania will be the type’s first ope... Continue Reading
Seamless Air Alliance continues member growth, agrees framework
Having only been gathering new members since June, the pieces of the puzzle that the Seamless Air Alliance needs to fulfill its goals are no... Continue Reading
ThinKom eyes near-term commercial airline launch of Ka-band antenna
When Gogo early this year revealed it was grappling with the problem of deicing fluid seeping under antenna radomes, ThinKom Solutions’ Ku30... Continue Reading
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