Boeing, Airbus bolster inflight connectivity options on narrowbodies
Under pressure from airline customers to provide factory-fit broadband Internet systems on narrowbody aircraft, Boeing and Airbus have each ... Continue Reading
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Lufthansa says coin still flipping on short-haul Internet decision
Lufthansa says a satellite-based connectivity solution is back under consideration for its short-haul fleet. The company, which previously t... Continue Reading
Panasonic wins key license to offer connectivity in Chinese airspace
Today’s global inflight connectivity market is only mostly global. China, in particular, is a connectivity black hole for most airline... Continue Reading
Aviation industry has never been hungrier for inflight connectivity
LE BOURGET: Metaphors can be hard to translate across languages. And so, as I stood in one of the chalets at the Paris Air Show this week sp... Continue Reading
Gogo snags first South American customer for 2Ku
Brazilian airline GOL is the first South American airline to sign for Gogo inflight connectivity, as reported in RGN Premium last week, with... Continue Reading
Chinese carriers want connectivity partners to share costs and data
BEIJING: China Eastern Airlines and Air China hope inflight connectivity will be profitable and fundamentally change their businesses – but ... Continue Reading
Gogo’s GTO connectivity to fly first as FAA greenlights testing
Commercial aviation took another step towards accessing faster inflight connectivity today as Gogo received certification from the FAA to b... Continue Reading
Beyond the band lie great expectations for inflight connectivity
Increasingly, inflight connectivity isn’t about the connection technology, but what passengers can do with it. This is going to be esp... Continue Reading
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
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
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