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A310 MRTT multi-role tanker transport aircraft with Get SAT ESA installed

Airbus successfully flight tests Get SAT antenna for HBCplus

Airbus has successfully flight-tested the Ku-band version of its supplier-furnished Airspace Link HBCplus terminal on an A310 MRTT multi-rol... Continue Reading

The belly of an Emirates A380 inflight with a bright clear blue sky.

Emirates looks to expedite A380 inflight connectivity retrofits

Emirates is putting the proverbial pedal to the metal in its bid to bring broadband inflight connectivity to its Airbus A380 fleet. During t... Continue Reading

The nose of an Emirates A380 at the Dubai Airshow. The airline will retrofit 50 A380s with HBCPlus connectivity.

Airbus HBCplus client list grows including for Emirates A380 retrofit

Airbus’ groundbreaking new supplier-furnished catalogue option for inflight connectivity — known as Airspace Link HBCplus — has been making ... Continue Reading

Airbus A350 in the airframer's livery is parked. Airbus has chosen two Type 4 antennas for its HBCplus programme.

Seamless’ category system for IFC antennas rates Airbus Type 4

Growing in impact every day, the Seamless Air Alliance’s Architecture/Interoperability group — chaired by Airbus and Boeing — has assessed t... Continue Reading

6 Safran IFE screens are located together. Uniting to create one large image of an aircraft with a satellite above it for IFC.

Safran sits pretty as Airbus breaks vertical integration of IFC

Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) has ensconced itself in a sweet spot in the inflight connectivity sphere. A decision made years ago to di... Continue Reading

Rendering of an Airbus aircraft with satellites overhead to connote the LEO, MEO and GEO multi-orbit offering coming from Airbus.

Airbus adds Intelsat and Panasonic as MSPs for HBCplus

After inking memorandums of understanding with Intelsat and Panasonic Avionics Corporation earlier this year, Airbus has firmed up agreement... Continue Reading

Airbus A320 wing as the aircraft takes off from the airport. HBCplus

Intelsat and Panasonic benefit as Airbus expands HBCplus

When Airbus launched its Airspace Link HBCplus linefit supplier-furnished inflight connectivity programme in 2022, naming Inmarsat (now Vias... Continue Reading

Outside close up of Boeing 777 flight deck.

ThinKom Ka2517 in the home stretch for Boeing linefit offerability

ThinKom Solutions says it’s in the home stretch to receiving linefit offerability for its ThinAir Ka2517 VICTS antenna as buyer furnis... Continue Reading

Pictured here at the Airbus chalet, celebrating Ethiopian Airlines’ selection of Airbus’ HBCplus during the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), from left to right: ~ André SCHNEIDER, VP Cabin & Cargo Programme, Airbus; ~ Mesfin TASEW, Group Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines; ~ Don BUCHMAN, General Manager and Vice President Commercial Aviation, Viasat; ~ Niels STEENSTRUP, President, Aviation, Inmarsat (recently acquired by Viasat).

Press Release: Ethiopian picks Airbus Ka HBCplus for four new A350s

Revealed at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Ethiopian Airlines will equip its four new A350-1000s with Airbus’ integrated satellit... Continue Reading

A large screen at the AIX 2023 Airbus press conference in Hamburg is showing the Airbus Airspace Link details for HBCPlus

Press Release: HBCplus prepares to further expand its offer for airlines

Since the launch of the Airspace Link HBCplus solution at AIX 2022 with partners Inmarsat and Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI), Airbus has... Continue Reading

A large screen at the AIX 2023 Airbus press conference in Hamburg is showing an Emirates aircraft as part of HBCPlus.

Press Release: Emirates becomes launch customer for Airbus HBCplus

Emirates will become the first airline to operate Airbus’ HBCplus agnostic satcom connectivity solution following its line-fit selection to ... Continue Reading

Emirates Airbus A380-861 jet departing from Zurich in Switzerland. It offers connectivity to passengers

Exclusive: SITA confirms it is exiting cabin inflight connectivity

Global air transport communications and IT company SITA, which boasts a proud history in the inflight connectivity sector and counts heavy-h... Continue Reading

ThinKom develops new multi-orbit Ku solution for HBCplus consideration

ThinKom Solutions has secured a near 1,000-unit backlog for its Ka2517 VICTS antenna, of which a very significant portion is headed for inte... Continue Reading

The Boeing 777 parked on the tarmac. The word OneWeb can be seen on the side of the aircraft. Panasonic is to work with oneweb

Panasonic positions Stellar Blu multi-orbit ESA as nextgen terminal

Now a distribution partner of OneWeb’s broadband services for commercial airlines, inflight entertainment and connectivity provider Panasoni... Continue Reading

Emirates A350-900 in flight in a clear blue sky. The A350s will be equipped with GX Aviation connectivity

Emirates partnership with Inmarsat evolves as it taps GX for A350s

Despite a legacy of powering cockpit and cabin connectivity for Emirates with its L-band satellite services, Inmarsat has historically not e... Continue Reading