When you have room to breathe on an Air Canada A320, but not the 787
On a recent trip to Montreal to attend Air Canada’s annual Young Women in Aviation event, I was booked on what the carrier calls a Rapidair ... Continue Reading
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Push for free inflight WiFi considered as Intelsat plans 29e replacement
Intelsat is in talks with its service partners in the inflight connectivity sector to ensure it can accommodate their Ku-band satellite capa... Continue Reading
Press Release: Global Eagle taps Gilat’s Wavestream for IFC transceiver
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced today that its subsi... Continue Reading
Thales seeks to establish leadership position in inflight connectivity
Viasat has long boasted that its broadband Ka-band IFC delivers 12 Mbps to each individual passenger in-flight. But Thales InFlyt Experience... Continue Reading
Press Release: Isotropic demos bi-directional connectivity with Ka
Isotropic Systems announced today that it has completed a key milestone in its development path towards a new generation of multi-beam, high... Continue Reading
Press Release: Viasat Ka IFC for BizAv receives type cert for Praetor 600
Viasat Inc., a global communications company, announced today its Ka-band business aviation in-flight connectivity (IFC) system received Typ... Continue Reading
Turkish, Global Eagle bullish on Ku as airline opts to fit 100 twinjets
Global Eagle’s decision to focus on providing inflight connectivity to airlines operating the world’s best-selling narrowbody aircraft famil... Continue Reading
Social engineering, data manipulation prove key threats to airlines
While there is a lot of focus on dramatic cyber attacks on air transportation infrastructure leading to disruptions in power supply, broken ... Continue Reading
United CRJ550 impresses in revenue service but lack of power smarts
United Airlines, in tandem with regional carrier GoJet, recently rolled out its shiny new Bombardier CRJ550 regional jet at its Chicago, Ill... Continue Reading
Satcom players eye China IFC opportunities; will ATG thwart their plans?
Though the Chinese domestic inflight connectivity market is in somewhat of a flux at the moment, that isn’t stopping IFC industry players fr... Continue Reading
Press Release: JetBlue expands free IFE lineup with new content partners
JetBlue, the only major US airline with free high speed Fly-Fi® and seatback screens at every seat, on every plane, is providing customers w... Continue Reading
El Al 777s to offer IFC over Viasat Ka under full fleet install plan
In a coup for Viasat, Israel’s national airline, El Al has bolstered its agreement with the satellite operator and inflight connectivity pro... Continue Reading
Latécoère picks Signify, Huneed as hardware partners for lifi work
Lifi, the use of light to wirelessly transmit data, is seeing a remarkable amount of momentum within the aviation and passenger experience w... Continue Reading
Vietnam deserves consistency award for PaxEx aboard 787-9 and A350
On a recent personal trip to Vietnam, I had a choice of connecting through Seoul on either Korean Air or Vietnam Airlines. Having already tr... Continue Reading
Collins stays open to synergies; dismisses PAC M&A rumors
Heading into last month’s APEX EXPO in Los Angeles, the question of whether Collins Aerospace/UTC would be interested in Panasonic Avi... Continue Reading
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