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The tails of Delta, JetBlue and United parked at the gate. All three airlines are customers of Viasat

Viasat remains bullish on IFC; says ViaSat-3 launch delayed by COVID

Viasat is now eyeing an early calendar year 2022 launch of its first ViaSat-3 satellite, after experiencing program delays due to the COVID-... Continue Reading

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Gogo envisages Bring Your Own License connected IFE

As the movie landscape is reshaped amid the COVID-19 crisis – and on the heels of the bombshell decision by Warner Bros. to exhibit it... Continue Reading

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Gogo’s John Wade on IFC models set to dominate industry

Gogo Commercial Aviation president John Wade predicts that “freemium” and third-party payer models will dominate inflight connectivity in th... Continue Reading

SES confident Gogo will honor Ku commitments after Intelsat buy

Satellite operator SES is confident that Gogo will continue to honor its Ku-band satellite capacity commitments after Intelsat completes its... Continue Reading

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Intelsat open to Gogo Business collaboration for global tail-mount Ku

Intelsat is still setting its sights on offering a global Ku-band inflight connectivity service for the business aviation community, and say... Continue Reading

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Intelsat hopes to retain aero customers despite plan to buy Gogo CA

Will Panasonic Avionics and Global Eagle exit their Ku capacity arrangements with Intelsat if and when the satellite operator completes its ... Continue Reading

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APSATCOM expects major adoption of satcom IFC in mainland China

APT Mobile Satcom (APSATCOM), a sister company to the established Hong Kong-based company APT Satellite, expects to see “major adoption” of ... Continue Reading

Commercial aviation may not see rebound until 2023

In a sobering new report, Moody’s predicts that the broad base of global suppliers feeding aircraft manufacturers will be “the last of the d... Continue Reading

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OneWeb files for bankruptcy, pursues sale of the business

Having only just celebrated the successful third launch of its Low Earth Orbit satellites, OneWeb has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankr... Continue Reading

Global Eagle expects IFC on Air France A320s to set European standard

One man’s loss is another man’s gain. For Global Eagle, the news that Southwest Airlines is removing Panasonic Avionics’ Ku-band connectivit... Continue Reading