SkyFive details new A2G IFC cooperation pact with Lufthansa Technik
SkyFive has teamed up with maintenance, repair and overhaul giant Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to hasten its ability to bring air-to-ground (A2G)... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: inflight Wi-Fi
Viasat grows in-service tails despite United’s Starlink pivot
Viasat is remaining cautious when discussing the impact of United Airlines’ decision to migrate to SpaceX Starlink inflight connectivity, bu... Continue Reading
Telesat retains Lightspeed partner model in aero as momentum mounts
Canadian geostationary satellite operator Telesat intends to stay the course with its partnership model when addressing the aviation market ... Continue Reading
Intelsat to use alternative satellites as 33e breakup impacts IFC
The US Federal Communications Commission has given Intelsat the green light to support inflight connectivity on “U.S. flagged aircraft outsi... Continue Reading
Why Seamless is introducing Viper to measure IFC performance
Late last year, several airline members of the global inflight connectivity standards group Seamless Air Alliance approached the executive t... Continue Reading
Air France to offer SpaceX Starlink inflight Wi-Fi across fleet
Air France has become the latest airline to turn to SpaceX for its Ku-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-powered Starlink inflight connect... Continue Reading
American wows with blazing fast Wi-Fi on Intelsat 2Ku-fitted A319s
Nothing says “welcome to the City of Brotherly Love” quite like the threat of having your vehicle’s tires destroyed. But t... Continue Reading
How NetForecast helps airlines meet DOT rule on Wi-Fi refunds
A new US DOT final rule that requires airlines to proactively issue refunds to passengers who pay for inflight Wi-Fi but don’t receive the s... Continue Reading
American stays the course with wireless IFE for most narrowbodies
Continuing to eschew seatback IFE for the lion’s share of its narrowbody fleet — even as rival United joins Delta in embracing it — Am... Continue Reading
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
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
Panasonic admits to LEO bias as it pursues multi-orbit IFC
Panasonic Avionics, which stitched together its Ku-band network via a bevy of satellite partnerships, now looks a little bit different than ... Continue Reading
Seamless details work with GSMA to support frictionless inflight Wi-Fi
When you board an aircraft, you should be able to use your smart phone largely in the same way that you do on the ground. But today, there a... Continue Reading
Panasonic expects inflight Wi-Fi to continue trumping cellular
When AeroMobile and OnAir (later SITA) first started bringing inflight GSM connectivity to airlines over 15 years ago, cellular and Wi-Fi ne... Continue Reading
Viasat looks to meld direct aero model with Inmarsat VAR ecosystem
Viasat is looking at “melding” its strategy of directly serving commercial airlines with that of Inmarsat’s value added reseller (VAR) model... Continue Reading