Skytrac has airliners in its sights with new Iridium Certus terminal
Skytrac believes it can beat some of the industry’s heaviest hitters to the punch by becoming the first Iridium value added manufacturer to ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Iridium NEXT
Iridium eyes more Certus partners as new transceiver work progresses
With Certus-supported aviation terminals “on the cusp” of being ready for primetime, and the next wave of next-generation transceiver develo... Continue Reading
Iridium Certus IFC proves too lite for airline PaxEx beyond payments
In 2017, wireless inflight entertainment provider Lufthansa Systems expressed an interest in offering ‘connectivity lite’ to air... Continue Reading
Press Release: Azul opts for minute-by-minute aircraft flight tracking
Azul Linhas Aéreas has become the first airline in the Americas to exceed modern flight tracking safety standards by embracing truly global,... Continue Reading
Airbus in internal talks to bring OneWeb IFC to cabins and cockpits
Airbus is mulling offering OneWeb-supported inflight connectivity on its airliners, including in the cockpit, company CEO Tom Enders confirm... Continue Reading
With successful Iridium NEXT launch, new day dawns for flight tracking
Nearly five years after the tragic disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a new day is dawning for global flight tracking. A SpaceX ... Continue Reading
Podcast 063: Why the 777X will be the world’s most modern airliner
Welcome to episode 063 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world... Continue Reading
Press Release: Airlines tap SITAONAIR as ICAO raises flight-tracking bar
ICAO recommendations calling for airlines to report flight positions every 15 minutes become official on Thursday 8 November 2018 – and SIT... Continue Reading
Free accessibility plus connectivity-lite coming to Bluebox customers
Fresh off of winning the Best Inflight Entertainment Innovation at the APEX Awards in Boston for Bluebox’s Accessible IFE (aIFE) platform, B... Continue Reading
Press Release: AirFi to use Iridium to launch IFC with Atlantic
Editor’s note: Since publication of this AirFi press release, company CEO Job Heimerikx has clarified that the firm will use the curre... Continue Reading
Polar positioning could take a number of flavors as Viasat eyes MEO
Depending on where you sit in the conversation – or indeed where your satellites sit in orbit – providing inflight connectivity over p... Continue Reading
Press Release: Iridium completes seventh successful NEXT launch
Iridium Communications Inc. announced today that at 04:39:30 am PDT (11:39:30 UTC) a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 10 Iridium... Continue Reading
Press Release: Rockwell becomes newest Iridium Certus service provider
Iridium Communications Inc. today announced Rockwell Collins as the newest Iridium Certus service provider for the aviation industry. Rockw... Continue Reading
Press Release: July 20 is target date for seventh Iridium NEXT launch
Iridium Communications Inc. announced today that the seventh Iridium NEXT mission has been targeted by SpaceX for launch on July 20, 2018, f... Continue Reading
Press Release: Iridium names Gogo a VAM for Certus terminals
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced Gogo as the newest value-added manufacturer (VAM) for Iridium Certus aviation terminals. Gogo has ... Continue Reading
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