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Hanwha Phasor CEO, Dongwan Yoo, signs with OneWeb's Vice President Defence & Security, Chris Moore CBE

Press Release: Hanwha Phasor, OneWeb collaborate on new IFC terminal

Satellite Technology company Hanwha Phasor has signed a User Terminal Development Agreement with OneWeb, the global communications company p... Continue Reading

Volato turns to SmartSky connectivity for incoming HondaJets

New HondaJets entering Volato’s fractional ownership fleet over the next two years will be fitted with SmartSky Networks’ nextgen air-to-gro... Continue Reading

Rendering of Korean Air A321neo, fitted with Viasat GX, provided courtesy of Viasat

Korean Air opts for Viasat GX inflight connectivity on A321neos

Korean Air is taking a multi-source approach to inflight connectivity, selecting Viasat Ka-band satellite-powered onboard Internet for its n... Continue Reading

Rendering showing aircraft flying and flight paths over Europe on an earth globe view from space at night. All the world map textures are originally from NASA EASA. Satellite comms. ATG

Viasat confirms another satellite malfunction: dual-payload I6 F2

Already grappling with a reflector deployment problem on its massive ViaSat-3 Americas satellite, which could result in a $420 million insur... Continue Reading

A Lufthansa A321 aircraft sits on the runway. GDPR

Lufthansa Technik flags GDPR constraint to portal-free IFC in Europe

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could stymie adoption of SpaceX’s portal-free, ‘frictionless’ Sta... Continue Reading

Close up of a young woman using her phone to access inflight entertainment and connectivity whilst flying in an aircraft

Combo of Dish and EchoStar could have IFEC implications

A decision by Dish Network Corporation and EchoStar Corporation to combine operations in an all-stock merger may in time have implications f... Continue Reading

A Viasat installation for IFC on an A321neo by Lufthansa Technik. LHT.

Lufthansa Technik talks IFC industry disruption, MRO crunch

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has long supported airlines’ ambitions to bring inflight connectivity to their passengers. Whether installing Inmars... Continue Reading

Panasonic's Astrova technology is being displayed in an economy class seat. A connected laptop is sitting on a charging tray table.

Press Release: Panasonic unveils major expansion to GEO network

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) today announces a major expansion of its global connectivity network with the addition o... Continue Reading

Rendering of ViaSat-3 geostationary satellite in orbit.

Viasat considers options should ViaSat-3 Americas fix remain elusive

Viasat is still conducting a rigorous review of the anomaly that occurred whilst deploying one of the antennas on its ViaSat-3 Americas sate... Continue Reading

Rendering of a passenger sitting in business class working on his laptop while wearing a Skyted mask.

Allo Allo: How a novel design masks noise from inflight voice calls

The technology to support inflight voice calls has been around for well over fifteen years. Even though the aircraft cabin environment isn&#... Continue Reading

A QR code on the back of an aircraft seat linking to the Aegean Wi-Fi portal for the EAN connectivity

EAN inflight connectivity astounds on Aegean A321neo

Since its introduction towards the end of the last decade, it’s fair to say that the European Aviation Network — the hybrid S-band/air-to-gr... Continue Reading

A aircraft is flying over mountains. A bubble is coming out of the aircraft to Illuminate that there is a gilat antenna on there.

Press Release: Satcom Direct, Gilat agree ESA project for Plane Simple

Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking techno... Continue Reading

Two passengers are messaging in-flight on a tablet aboard a Swiss jet.

Press Release: SWISS to offer free messaging on all long-haul flights

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will be providing all its long-haul flights with a new free Internet service enabling the use of chat ... Continue Reading

Artist rendering of the EUTELSAT 10B in orbit over earth.

Press Release: EUTELSAT 10B satellite successfully enters service

Eutelsat Communications announces the successful entry into service of the multi-mission high-capacity EUTELSAT 10B satellite at the 10°East... Continue Reading

The nose of a 787 aircraft parked, and ready for passengers to board. The cockpit is in view. (Iridium)

Satcom providers stand ready as Iridium introduces Certus aviation

Iridium Communications’ first-generation voice and data solutions are installed on over 60,000 aircraft today. Now, the satellite oper... Continue Reading