Regulatory issues delay Air Astana’s inflight connectivity rollout
Rockwell Collins’ provisioning of Air Astana’s Inmarsat Global Xpress Ka-band connectivity, for which Rockwell is the ISP, is delayed becaus... Continue Reading
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Press Release: Lufthansa Technik installing GX in roughly four days
Lufthansa Technik AG has started installing the latest Ka-band satellite technology as standard equipment for the Lufthansa Group’s en... Continue Reading
Aireon still targets early 2018 operations despite SpaceX delay
Aireon still expects to begin offering space-based ADS-B air traffic management surveillance data feeds to all its air navigation service pr... Continue Reading
Venue deemed best view for Flying Colours’ CRJ200 conversion
Flying Colours, the Peterborough, Ontario-based completion and MRO centre, has a long association with Bombardier products, including its po... Continue Reading
Flightradar24 gears up for a new wave of flight tracking
FlightRadar24, the live flight tracker service that myriad news outlets rely upon when an aircraft goes off radar, has begun experimenting w... Continue Reading
GEE focuses on marrying ops analytics with real-time aircraft data
Just over a year ago, Global Eagle Entertainment made an aircraft operations big data play with the acquisition of ops data powerhouse masFl... Continue Reading
One-on-one with Gogo’s new COO John Wade
Gogo recently promoted longtime industry veteran John Wade to the role of executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer with responsi... Continue Reading
One app to rule them all: What does the future hold?
My father-in-law called me recently, flustered as he prepared for his next trip. He had read some advice online that downloading an airline&... Continue Reading
SITAONAIR FlightTracker to introduce weather-based alerting
The FlightTracker service SITAONAIR has offered for about 18 months as part of its AIRCOM Server aeronautical telecommunications product lin... Continue Reading
Press Release: TrueNorth unveils latest cabin comms system
TrueNorth Avionics today unveiled its latest cabin communications system, Simphonē Pro with a special upgrade program for legacy Simphonē pr... Continue Reading
Press Release: Inmarsat to provide safety services in China
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has signed an agreement with Beijing Marine Commu... Continue Reading
Press Release: Thales, SES partner to deliver Ka IFC over Americas
Thales, a global leader in space, avionics, and connected inflight entertainment, announces two milestone agreements with SES, the world’s l... Continue Reading
Press Release: SAS picks ViaSat IFC for short and medium haul fleet
SAS, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, has been focused on bringing innovation to its passengers since 1946. With a passion a... Continue Reading
In the spotlight after EK521, Avionica talks capabilities, growth plan
Emirates’ decision to fit its Boeing 777s with a small device that records the same ARINC 717 flight data as the flight data recorder ... Continue Reading
Apple’s headphone changes signal problem for airlines, IFE
As Apple kills off the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7, a significant issue for airlines looms: a sizable proportion of their passeng... Continue Reading
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