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Cathay Pacific passenger is searching the carrier's website on a laptop while also watching content on the seatback IFE

Press Release: Cathay to soon boast 100% in-seat IFE and C

Cathay Pacific is pleased to announce that from August 2025 it will be one of the very few airlines to offer both 100% seatback inflight ent... Continue Reading

An Air India domestic passenger is holding a mobile device inflight that says "WiFi onboard"

Press Release: Air India offers inflight Wi-Fi on some aircraft

Air India, India’s leading global airline, today announced it has rolled out Wi-Fi internet connectivity services on board domestic and inte... Continue Reading

Cheerful young woman using laptop and smart phone in a Wi-Fi connected airplane.

How NetForecast helps airlines meet DOT rule on Wi-Fi refunds

A new US DOT final rule that requires airlines to proactively issue refunds to passengers who pay for inflight Wi-Fi but don’t receive the s... Continue Reading

Breeze Airways A220 parked at the gate on a blue sky day. The aircraft features Breeze's signature blue-on-blue-on-blue colored livery.

Breeze enjoys strong momentum with premium leisure LCC focus

Three years after launching perfectly nice budget service to underserved markets with a cluster of leased all-economy Embraer E-Jets, Breeze... Continue Reading

A women is using the American Airlines Wi-Fi in flight while wearing headphones (Custom)

Press Release: American Airlines to customers: redeem miles for Wi-Fi

American continues to make its high-speed inflight Wi-Fi more accessible and easier to use, whether customers connect to work or browse the ... Continue Reading

Children using smart phone during the flight (survey)

Press Release: Free inflight Wi-Fi influences passenger choice: Viasat

Viasat, Inc., a global communications company, today announces the findings of its 2023 Passenger Experience Survey — which surveyed more th... Continue Reading

A QR code on the back of an aircraft seat linking to the Aegean Wi-Fi portal for the EAN connectivity

EAN inflight connectivity astounds on Aegean A321neo

Since its introduction towards the end of the last decade, it’s fair to say that the European Aviation Network — the hybrid S-band/air-to-gr... Continue Reading

The wingtip of a jet in-flight on a blue sky day.

NetForecast reveals LEO vs GEO satellite IFC QoE performance data

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are shaking up inflight connectivity. Since launching SpaceX’s Starlink service in aviation, JSX has been w... Continue Reading

Installation of SmartSky ATG system on a Dassault Falcon 2000. The company sees a big opportunity as Gogo reveals it will start phasing out support of Classic ATG kit in the beginning of 2026.

Opportunity arises as Gogo plans 2026 phase out of Classic ATG support

Thousands of Gogo’s legacy air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity installations on business aircraft appear poised to lose access to inflight conn... Continue Reading

Rendering of the Viasat-3 satellite, operated by Viasat, in space

Viasat begins integrating Inmarsat, assures that VARs are valued

Viasat and Inmarsat remained competitors up and until the moment that Viasat’s acquisition of the London-headquartered satellite operator of... Continue Reading

A man and a woman are working on connected devices in a private aircraft. An unlimited data plan is now available to Vista customers.

Press Release: Raytheon to bring unlimited data plan to Vista customers

Raytheon Technologies’ Collins Aerospace business today announced its plan to bring unlimited data to the customers of Vista, a leading priv... Continue Reading

SmartSky LITE antenna system is being installed on the underbelly of the aircraft.

Press Release: SmartSky STC covers streaming LITE system on Lear 60

SmartSky Networks, the leading provider of inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity for business aviation, today announced it has been gran... Continue Reading

Bombardier Challenger 3500 in-flight over mountains. This aircraft will now offer Iridium Certus satcom as baseline, according to Bombardier.

Light nextgen satcom powered by Iridium or Inmarsat has arrived

It is perhaps an understatement to say the inflight connectivity market is fiercely competitive right now. Not only are incumbent aero ISPs ... Continue Reading

Delta versus Alaska on each carrier’s Boeing 737-900ER

With US airlines offering generous ticket flexibility in a post-Covid world, I find myself splitting trips between multiple airlines more th... Continue Reading

A man is working on his laptop on the Brightline Train

Press Release: Brightline becomes first passenger rail with Starlink

Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly intercity rail in America, announced it is the first passenger rail service in the wor... Continue Reading