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Barry Blackwood, the Davinci Jets pilot standing on the stairs of a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft

Press Release: SmartSky IFC redefines flying experience on Pilatus PC-12

SmartSky Networks, the innovative air-to-ground (ATG) inflight connectivity provider, is delivering a flying experience that is wowing custo... Continue Reading

The check-in counters for SAUDIA at an airport. SkyFive has already equipped a SAUDIA aircraft with its solution.

SkyFive advances A2G connectivity projects in EMEA, elsewhere

Low-latency Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satcom is certainly having a moment in civil aviation. But so too is low-latency, nextgen air-to-ground co... Continue Reading

Installation of SmartSky ATG system on a Dassault Falcon 2000. The company sees a big opportunity as Gogo reveals it will start phasing out support of Classic ATG kit in the beginning of 2026.

Opportunity arises as Gogo plans 2026 phase out of Classic ATG support

Thousands of Gogo’s legacy air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity installations on business aircraft appear poised to lose access to inflight conn... Continue Reading

SmartSky LITE antenna system is being installed on the underbelly of the aircraft.

Press Release: SmartSky STC covers streaming LITE system on Lear 60

SmartSky Networks, the leading provider of inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity for business aviation, today announced it has been gran... Continue Reading

Dassault Falcon 900 parked on a sunny day

Press Release: SmartSky pursues aggressive strategy for STCs

SmartSky Networks, the innovative air-to-ground (ATG) inflight connectivity provider, announced today that it has at least seven models of a... Continue Reading

Landing airplane during sunset. Representing air travel

Pipe diversity a focus as SmartSky sells nationwide ATG to airlines

The confidential nature of many business aviation contracts often prevents suppliers from making splashy announcements and divulging specifi... Continue Reading

A man is securing SmartSky installation on flyExclusive Citation Xnetw

Press Release: SmartSky IFC available for Cessna Citation X series

SmartSky Networks today announced the availability of SmartSky’s air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity service offering for the Cessna Citation X... Continue Reading

The exterior of a SmartSky private aircraft before boarding for a test flight.

SmartSky appeals injunction ruling to stop Gogo 5G as suit proceeds

It’s no secret that the inflight connectivity landscape is fiercely competitive right now in civil aviation, as a number of stakeholders bat... Continue Reading

Handshake of two business people in the office.

Press Release: SkyFive onboards three new strategic investment partners

SkyFive today announced having onboarded three institutional investors as part of a major financing round, each of them playing additionally... Continue Reading

Chip testing issue delays Gogo 5G inflight connectivity plan

Gogo Business Aviation is bracing for the possibility that it may not reach full production volume for its 5G air-to-ground inflight connect... Continue Reading

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Press Release: SmartSky, Neo NextGen drive MRO digital transformation

SmartSky Networks, the innovative air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity provider has partnered with the transformational aerospace company, Neo N... Continue Reading

TAC Hanger with multiple aircrafts parked in it. Image: Smartsky

Press Release: SmartSky and Thornton announce sales, install agreement

SmartSky Networks, the innovative air-to-ground (ATG) inflight connectivity provider, today announced California-based Thornton Aviation as ... Continue Reading

BA’s EAN: 1.5 Mbps just doesn’t cut it in 2022

Prior to the pandemic, British Airways’ provision of the hybrid air-to-ground/S-band satellite European Aviation Network-powered inflight co... Continue Reading

Breeze eyes inflight connectivity for some E-Jet sports charters

Breeze Airways’ announcement last month that Viasat’s satellite-based inflight connectivity will power its new Airbus A220 fleet perha... Continue Reading

A composite of various images representing what Jet East does. There are images of cockpits, aircraft wheels, vans, business aircraft in hangers and on tarmac.

Press Release: SmartSky and Jet East ink sales and installation pact

SmartSky Networks, the innovative air-to-ground (ATG) inflight connectivity provider, today announced that Jet East, a Gama Aviation company... Continue Reading