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Press Release: Intelsat bolsters executive team

Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of inflight connectivity, today ... Continue Reading

Breeze eyes inflight connectivity for some E-Jet sports charters

Breeze Airways’ announcement last month that Viasat’s satellite-based inflight connectivity will power its new Airbus A220 fleet perha... Continue Reading

L to R Satcom Direct’s John Kummer, VP Strategy & Programs, Jim Jensen Founder and CEO, and Chris Moore, President, celebrate STC approvals for the Plane Simple terminal on Gulfstream types.

Press Release: STCs awarded, installs begin for Plane Simple antenna

Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, is celebrating Federal Aviation Association, (FAA) approval of Supplemental Type Ce... Continue Reading

Air France Boeing 777-300ER business class seat. The seat has a pillow, blanket and hanger sitting on it. The seat is dark blue with grey thermoplastics wrapping around it.

Passengers not left wanting aboard Air France 777-300ER

After experiencing SkyTeam alliance member Delta Air Lines’ flagship product from New York JFK to Paris, and traversing France aboard ... Continue Reading

Intelsat makes aircraft linefit gains, secures connectivity wins

Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis in commercial aviation, Intelsat in the last 18 months secured new inflight connectivity... Continue Reading

Delta A330-900neo suite is pictured here. The seat is blue with a much darker blue headrest and the outer thermoplastics and details are light grey, There are headphones hanging in the suite and bedding on the seat.

Delta One suite aboard the A330neo remains solid PaxEx choice

After years of frustrating Zoom, Teams, RingCentral, Webex and other virtual meetings, I was thrilled to finally have a chance to travel for... Continue Reading

Press Release: Intelsat orders Gilat’s SkyEdge IV Taurus modems for IFC

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that Intelsat... Continue Reading

Delta Air Lines A330-200 at the gate in San Diego.

Delta is consistent but some products are showing their age

For an AvGeek there are few greater pleasures than flying aboard internationally-configured aircraft on domestic flights. I recently had the... Continue Reading

Satcom Direct Plane Simple Ku-band dual variant tail mounted antenna

Satcom Direct invites bizjet operators to upgrade to Plane Simple

Satcom Direct is inviting business jet operators that originally installed the Astronics tail-mount antenna in support of Panasonic Avionics... Continue Reading

Rendering of Telesat Vantage 19 satellite

Anuvu builds Ka GEO satellite bridge to hybrid constellation

Anuvu’s recent decision to contract Telesat for approximately ten gigabits of Ka-band satellite capacity — on the Telesat 19V Vantage GEO sa... Continue Reading

Seamless Air Alliance adds airline members, expects new RFP language

Seamless Air Alliance, which now counts JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa Group, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, IAG Group, Air France... Continue Reading

Conceptual image of connectivity. A globe created of lines and bright blue dots interconnect. Two satellites also created of lines and blue dots sit above the earth. Skyedge IV is titled across the image. Gilat and Intelsat logos are in the top left corner.

Press Release: Intelsat orders Gilat’s SkyEdge IV Platform for newest HTS

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that Intelsat... Continue Reading

LATAM A320neo parked in front of a hanger.

Press Release: LATAM selects Intelsat IFC for new Airbus fleet

Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite, terrestrial network and leading provider of Inflight Connectivity (IFC) serv... Continue Reading

The Plane Simple Ku-band tail mount antenna sits on a table in this photo. A SD aircraft is seen blurred in the background.

SD sees Plane Simple antenna qualified on Intelsat FlexExec network

In the fall of 2018, Intelsat launched an end-to-end Ku-band satellite-supported inflight connectivity service dedicated to business aviatio... Continue Reading

Viasat IFC selected for new fleet of aircraft at Virgin Atlantic

Viasat’s penchant for revealing new inflight connectivity customers during its quarterly earnings updates continues unabated, with the... Continue Reading