Op-Ed: The hidden value of loyalty in airline disruption management
When the officers of The Titanic – while facing the mother of all disruptions to service delivery – had a tough choice to make about w... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: comfort
AirFi on why doing only one thing well in IFE is not good enough anymore
Wireless inflight entertainment systems, whether retrofitted to aircraft or carried on board in portable boxes, have served a number of role... Continue Reading
Drum beat towards free wifi grows louder: Viasat CEO
Passengers increasingly want and indeed expect a free tier of inflight connectivity, irrespective of how airlines endeavor to cover or offse... Continue Reading
Phasor readies to support crazy ballet handoffs in orbit
Phasor is convinced that once an electronically steerable antenna (ESA) emerges in civil aviation that has the ability to support “dua... Continue Reading
Southwest Airlines’ dual-source connectivity plan now in play
Having opted to take a dual-source approach to inflight connectivity, Southwest Airlines is now flying with aircraft that have been fitted w... Continue Reading
Stakeholders make pointed remarks as flat panel competition hots up
As inflight connectivity stakeholders study their options for flat panel, electronically steerable antennas, the hardware providers and othe... Continue Reading
Ku HTS capacity shows it can pack a punch in-flight
As pressure mounts on airlines to ensure their passengers can use inflight Internet in the same manner as they do on the ground – to complet... Continue Reading
Inmarsat says EAN remains on track despite Belgium court decision
Inmarsat says the launch of its European Aviation Network (EAN) remains on track despite a decision by the Belgium Market Court to annul its... Continue Reading
A new spring in its step, Global Eagle eyes “contentivity” growth
In-seat IFE will be prevalent on board long-haul widebody aircraft for at least another 15 years. Even as satellite capacity costs further d... Continue Reading
Kymeta says antenna will fly on commercial qualified aircraft
When Kymeta came on the scene several years ago, it generated quick buzz and a lot of excitement for its electronically-steered flat-panel m... Continue Reading
First Panasonic XTS satellite to support inflight connectivity in 2020
Journalists and industry observers on 8 March finally learned details about Panasonic Avionics’ first extreme throughput satellite (XTS). Af... Continue Reading
European carriers agree to large-scale flight evaluations of Iris
Inmarsat says two European airlines have agreed to conduct very large-scale flight evaluations of the satellite-based communication solution... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: AirFi CCO talks fast deployment of portable wifi
Welcome to Episode 55 of the #PaxEx podcast. Our guest is long-time industry executive Martin Cunnison, who now serves as CCO of AirFi, a f... Continue Reading
IFEC revolution set to take untapped markets by storm
Single-aisle aircraft equipped with some form of inflight entertainment and/or connectivity solution now outnumber those equipped with neith... Continue Reading
Delta deepens involvement in 2Ku MRO in face of reliability issues
As the blisteringly fast installation of 2Ku inflight connectivity on the bulk of Delta Air Lines’ domestic narrowbody fleet continues... Continue Reading
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