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A twinjet is fitted with the ThinKom ThinAir Ka2517 antenna, NSG and ThinKom signage is above it

Press Release: ThinKom supports Neo Space Group in global IFC push

ThinKom’s ThinAir® Ka2517 antenna has been selected by Neo Space Group (NSG) for installation across the narrow-body fleet on multiple airli... Continue Reading

Safran Passenger Innovations - now RAVE Aerospace - terminal for HBCplus based on ThinKom Solutions Ka2517 VICTS, as seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg 2024

How Airbus is working to facilitate Delta Air Lines’ IFC vision

Sometimes, airframers make exceptional arrangements for exceptional customers, including in support of their inflight connectivity plans. An... Continue Reading

Saudia and NSG celebrate their partnership

Saudia turns to NSG IFC for “significant” portion of fleet

HAMBURG — Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia has selected Neo Space Group’s Skywaves-branded multi-orbit inflight connectivity solution for a... Continue Reading

ThinKom Ka2517 with ThinKom and Rave logos.

Press Release: ThinKom gains SES Open Orbits type approval for Ka2517

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. (ThinKom) and SES announce the approval of the ThinAir Ka2517 terminal on the SES Open Orbits network satellite flee... Continue Reading

An Air India Boeing B787-8 plane, registration VT-ANZ, taking off to the north from Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport and heading to Delhi as flight AI301. In the background are fuel storage tanks. A buoy on the water marks the airport exclusion zone. This image was taken from near Kyeemagh Beach, Botany Bay on an overcast and rainy morning on 17 March 2024.

Air India taps Hughes multi-orbit primed IFC for tranche of widebodies

HAMBURG — Air India has selected Hughes Network Systems’ multi-orbit primed, high-capacity Ka-band satellite-based inflight connectivity ser... Continue Reading

Embedded IFE screens from SPI (now RAVE) on SAS

RAVE Aerospace nixes proprietary antenna work as LEO shapes IFEC

Amid a changing landscape that sees Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satcom coloring the passenger experience, RAVE Aerospace, newly renamed following ... Continue Reading

How Telesat plans to differentiate in LEO with Lightspeed

Telesat expects to start supporting global Lightspeed Ka-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-powered broadband connectivity in the aviation... Continue Reading

NSG CEO Martijn Blanken joins Riyadh Air CEO Adam Boukadida in celebrating their new IFC agreement.

Riyadh Air selects NSG to provide IFC on A321neo twinjets

Riyadh Air has turned to fellow Saudi Arabian company, Neo Space Group (NSG), to serve as aero ISP as the start-up carrier rolls out free Wi... Continue Reading

Wi-Fi sign on board an aircraft, in the PSU. The service powers onboard Internet.

SES looks to bolster Open Orbits for airlines

Even as its Ku-band, multi-orbit LEO/GEO electronically steerable antenna (ESA)-based inflight connectivity solution moves from strength to ... Continue Reading

Delta taps Hughes multi-network IFC for select A350s, A321neos

Delta Air Lines has selected Hughes Network Systems to provide multi-orbit, multi-band inflight connectivity for future new deliveries of se... Continue Reading

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

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

‘Awesome’ IFC coming to AJet passengers as LCC gets fitted

AJet passengers should expect to avail of “awesome connectivity at scale” when the low-cost carrier starts rolling out TCI Aircraft Interior... Continue Reading

A graphic rendering of a ThinKom antenna atop a fuselage, transmitting via Lightspeed satellites.

Press Release: ThinKom and Telesat expand agreement for LEO operations

Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and ThinKom Solutions, Inc., a leading designer and manufacture... Continue Reading

Airbus A350 in the airframer's livery is parked. Airbus has chosen two Type 4 antennas for its HBCplus programme.

Seamless’ category system for IFC antennas rates Airbus Type 4

Growing in impact every day, the Seamless Air Alliance’s Architecture/Interoperability group — chaired by Airbus and Boeing — has assessed t... Continue Reading

ThinKom Solutions' Ka2517 VICTS antenna sitting alongside the Hughes electronically steerable antenna in the same IFC package for airlines, as seen on display at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. Hughes will use this hybrid for one of its new IFC products.

Hughes eyes direct IFC approach with LEO-, GEO- and multi-band hybrid

At a time of massive disruption in inflight connectivity — colored by industry consolidation, the introduction of LEO satellite service to t... Continue Reading