Battles are brewing on the inflight wireless IP front
As inflight entertainment companies jockey to provide the best technical solutions for their airline customers, a battle is potentially brew... Continue Reading
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Gogo comes out swinging as battle for IFEC supremacy heats up
Buoyed by a healthy first quarter earnings performance, including a 35% year-over-year increase in revenues, inflight connectivity provider ... Continue Reading
Closed captioning for IFE is coming, though not soon enough
Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) passengers have been calling on airlines to offer closed captioning (CC) of IFE for years. But even though US... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Birds are liquefied by deflection device for aircraft radomes
For the last 18 months US carriers have grappled with delays to their inflight connectivity and live television programs due to the FAA’s he... Continue Reading
Airlines now ordering aircraft with Global Xpress connectivity
Honeywell has secured several new, as yet undisclosed airline customers for its Global Xpress (GX) connectivity hardware, which will support... Continue Reading
Airlines eyeing whether complimentary inflight Wi-Fi is feasible
Ubiquitous connectivity is not a fad and airplanes are no longer considered an exception in the same way they once were. But providing Inter... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Passenger Restraints and Wi-Fi Complaints
Welcome to Episode 12 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Ours guests are Sylvester Pittman and Darin Topham – two former flight attendants who now... Continue Reading
Thales is on the march in hotly competitive IFEC market
Thales, the second largest embedded inflight entertainment company in the world, is preparing to leverage the strengths of LiveTV to create ... Continue Reading
Virgin America studies Gogo 2Ku as connectivity race gets fierce
Virgin America is studying Gogo’s new 2Ku inflight connectivity system, and may opt to leapfrog the Ground-to-Orbit (GTO) system it se... Continue Reading
AT&T’s inflight connectivity plan betrays global ambitions
AT&T’s newly announced plan to launch a 4G LTE-based air-to-ground (ATG) service in the continental United States in partnership with co... Continue Reading
Panasonic moves more fully into avionics with Iridium packages
For many years, inflight entertainment and connectivity giant Panasonic Avionics has identified as an “avionics” company only in name. That ... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Airlines compete for the best inflight Wi-Fi
Inflight Wi-Fi has become an important competitive tool for airlines. Those that offer a robust high-speed Internet solution quite clearly h... Continue Reading
United struggles to roll out consistent inflight Wi-Fi
Which major airline do you think of when it comes to innovation in the inflight connectivity market? Odds are it is not United Airlines. The... Continue Reading
VIDEO: ViaSat talks SpaceX, a new radome and global Ka
ViaSat believes it will take “five to seven years” to stitch together enough regional Ka satellites to offer a global inflight connectivity ... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Why hacking an airliner isn’t just an app away
Hugo Teso may not win the prize for having the most familiar household name but he is certainly on the minds of aviation cyber security folk... Continue Reading
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