Spirit flips the switch on Wi-Fi across A320s and A321s
The year is 2018. Spirit Airlines is flying high on its “Invest in the Guest” initiative and a major contract with Thales InFlyt Experience ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: inflight connectivity
Airmont seeks to optimise OTT streaming onboard commercial aircraft
When passengers access their own on-demand streaming subscriptions onboard aircraft, they consume a lot of bandwidth. Some airlines simply d... Continue Reading
Airbus goes supplier-furnished for HBCplus IFC, including on A350
HAMBURG — Airbus is offering a new linefit supplier-furnished catalogue option for inflight connectivity across all its commercial aircraft ... Continue Reading
Wizz Air UK to expand free messaging via ASIP Bluetooth connectivity
Wizz Air has selected AS-IP Tech (ASIP) to install its novel Bluetooth connectivity solution, with window-mounted antennas, across the carri... Continue Reading
Seamless releases IFC toolkit to aid airline RFPs; Viasat yet to join
With the aim of ensuring that airlines and suppliers can speak the same language when buying and selling inflight connectivity solutions, re... Continue Reading
Gogo teams with Hughes, OneWeb for global LEO inflight connectivity
Gogo Business Aviation, the dominant provider of inflight connectivity to business aircraft in North America, is gearing up to go global wit... Continue Reading
Southwest Airlines selects Viasat high-speed Internet for new jets
Southwest Airlines has selected Viasat’s high-speed Ka-band inflight connectivity service to be factory-installed on all new aircraft delive... Continue Reading
Anuvu gleans benefits from prioritizing R&D amid the pandemic
Roughly a year after implementing a complete rebranding exercise, Anuvu, which provides connectivity and entertainment to mobility markets, ... Continue Reading
El Al works to bring back IFC on 737s; taps Bluebox IFE as stopgap
El Al and Viasat are working to bring onboard Internet back into service across the carrier’s Boeing 737 fleet “as soon as possible”, El Al ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Viasat to deliver near-earth comms for NASA’s CSP
Viasat Inc., a global communications company, today announced it was selected on April 20th by NASA to support its Communications Services P... Continue Reading
Hawaiian to offer free onboard Internet as it signs for Starlink
Hawaiian Airlines is vowing to offer free high-speed Internet to passengers on its transpacific flights after becoming the first major airli... Continue Reading
SpaceX secures JSX as launch customer for Starlink inflight Internet
SpaceX’s forthcoming Starlink LEO satellite-powered inflight connectivity service is gaining momentum, as public charter operator JSX announ... Continue Reading
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
Press Release: Eve and Thales enter partnership to develop eVTOL
Eve UAM, LLC, an Embraer company, and Thales, a global technology leader providing solutions, services and products in the defence, aeronaut... Continue Reading
Press Release: SD FlightDeck Freedom is default for new Gulfstreams
Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, has announced that its FlightDeck Freedom (FDF) flight deck communications platform... Continue Reading