IFC system security in the fray as industry eyes ACARS opportunity
As multiple airlines exploit inflight connectivity systems for operational data – and the industry is seeing a push to move non-safety... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Ku-band
Spirit Airlines to inflight Internet providers: we want it for free
Ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit Airlines has issued a challenge to inflight connectivity providers: give us an Internet solution that w... Continue Reading
ATG, Ku, Ka, who cares? Why it’s all about the bandwidth
Do the letters really matter anymore? Multiple inflight connectivity technologies are available and have been for some time now. Airlines an... Continue Reading
Press Release: Global Eagle unveils three-axis Ku antenna at AIX
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (“GEE”), a market-leading media and connectivity provider to the travel industry, today unveiled... Continue Reading
Southwest working with AT&T, Global Eagle on IFEC enhancements
Southwest Airlines is working with AT&T Mobility Solutions Services and its inflight entertainment and connectivity partner, Global Eagl... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins flight tracking to support broadband feed
In the weeks and months following the 8 March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370, a number of industry stakeholders grew very voc... Continue Reading
In restructuring connectivity unit SITA makes lofty ambitions clear
Inflight GSM and Internet provider OnAir has a new spring in its step, and with good reason. In a nod to the ever-growing importance of infl... Continue Reading
ANA expands Wi-Fi equipage; taps Panasonic for Ku on Boeing 787s
All Nippon Airways is expanding its equipage of OnAir inflight connectivity, and has selected Panasonic Avionics to supply Ku-band satellite... Continue Reading
Air China tests inflight Internet systems in bid to find best solution
Inflight connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment has been trying to crack into the Chinese market for a few years. The company hold... Continue Reading
Southwest Airlines eyes next steps for improving inflight Wi-Fi
Southwest Airlines has no intention of remaining idle as next generation inflight connectivity technology comes to market. The carrier, whic... Continue Reading
Stay vigilant as more airlines cap data packages in-flight
Airlines are pricing their inflight Wi-Fi services in several different ways, but one scheme in particular is poised to become more common, ... Continue Reading
Gogo committed to next generation ATG inflight Wi-Fi solution
Make no mistake about it, Gogo “will find a next generation air-to-ground (ATG) solution, regardless of the spectrum”, CEO Michael Small tel... Continue Reading
Race is on for more bandwidth as US fleet nears IFC saturation
Over the past couple of months the market for inflight connectivity in the USA has essentially become saturated. Excluding planes carrying 5... Continue Reading
Airlines begin to offer MB packages of data via Ku connectivity
Very close observers of the inflight connectivity sector were surprised late last year when airberlin announced it will equip virtually its ... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand casts a new net in connectivity studies
Air New Zealand studied inflight connectivity in the past including for its 787-9s but like many carriers, chose to sit tight and not equip.... Continue Reading
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