Consolidation seen as inevitable for inflight connectivity industry
“How much blood do you have in your pockets? You’re bleeding out all this time. Everyone says, ‘Oh, it’s not a probl... Continue Reading
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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
JetBlue eager to stay the course with free broadband Internet
How does a company react when its product is even more successful than it expected? For JetBlue and its inflight Wi-Fi partners Thales and V... Continue Reading
Routehappy data show Gogo in pole position in Wi-Fi equipage race
Even before its press release about the global state of inflight Wi-Fi hit the news wires last month Routehappy knew that the number of airl... Continue Reading
Video review of JetBlue’s new Fly-Fi Hub reveals its potential
One year after JetBlue Airways began rolling out its high-speed Ka-band Fly-Fi inflight Internet, the airline has started to incorporate a s... 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
Gogo under pressure to use alternative methods to block YouTube
Gogo is under pressure to use alternative methods for preventing airline passengers from accessing YouTube, after a Google executive cried f... Continue Reading
Thales to carry LiveTV’s low-cost philosophy forward
The rebranding happened quickly for LiveTV when Thales closed its $400 million purchase of the JetBlue unit. New signs were installed and so... Continue Reading
JetBlue aims to complete Internet installs on E-190s in 1H 2016
US carriers continue to make headway in equipping their full fleets with inflight connectivity. Delta Air Lines’ provider, Gogo, today... Continue Reading
El Al’s launch of Ka-band connectivity expected for summer 2015
ViaSat is “on track” with the critical design review (CDR) of its supplemental type certification package for Ka-band inflight connectivity ... Continue Reading
Inmarsat mulls going direct to airlines with ATG service in Europe
Inmarsat is edging ever closer to making a decision on whether to serve airlines directly when it launches integrated air-to-ground (ATG)-S ... Continue Reading
Zodiac Aerospace aims to become major player in connectivity
Zodiac Aerospace is known for a great many things, but inflight connectivity isn’t necessarily one of them. That’s why you might be surprise... Continue Reading
United taps Gogo for Wi-Fi on RJs, agrees to trial 2Ku on 757s
United Airlines has selected Gogo to bring air-to-ground (ATG)-based inflight Internet service to the carrier’s two-cabin regional jet fleet... Continue Reading
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