As Southwest rolls out Panasonic Ku every tail counts for IFC providers
Now that Southwest Airlines is celebrating delivery of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 (it cancelled last week’s press event due to Harvey), ther... Continue Reading
Author: Mary Kirby
Brazilian satellite comms provider Arycom pivots to US IFC market
Arycom, a São Paulo-based provider of satellite voice and data solutions, recently announced plans to crack into the inflight connectivity s... Continue Reading
Inmarsat aims to drive out costs in going direct with Qatar, others
With Inmarsat Global Xpress Ka-band connectivity kit delivered factory-fit on Qatar Airways’ latest Airbus A350s, and the rest of the ... Continue Reading
How Kontron is benefitting from wave of new connectivity installs
Gogo’s big 2Ku connectivity win with Alaska Airlines bodes well for its international partners on the program. Israeli firm Gilat, for insta... Continue Reading
As NEXT rolls out, Iridium vows it will never compete with partners
Inmarsat may be working directly with airlines where it suits the London-headquartered firm, but its main rival in the satellite-supported c... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Alaska taps Gogo
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New clients in the offing, Lufthansa Systems is primed for market shift
Wireless IFE provider Lufthansa Systems is gearing up to announce deals with no fewer than three more airlines, Jan-Peter Gaense, director p... Continue Reading
Race is on as inflight connectivity providers take it to the MAX
If you haven’t noticed already, the race is on for inflight connectivity providers to be among the first to see Boeing 737 MAX aircraft fact... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Gogo COO talks 2Ku as airlines roll out service
Welcome to Episode 49 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest is industry veteran John Wade, who serves as Chief Operating Officer at inflight conn... Continue Reading
ViaSat has great IFC expectations as 737 MAX with wifi readies for EIS
ViaSat is staying somewhat loose in its messaging about when its new ViaSat-2 satellite will begin actively supporting inflight connectivity... Continue Reading
Gogo unlimited pass customers are grandfathered in, for now
Though it may not be fully apparent yet, virtually every airline partner of Gogo’s is moving towards a paradigm whereby they determine the I... Continue Reading
Fast and Flexible: Inflight Dublin grows footprint in IFE
For the past few decades, content service providers (CSPs) have played a pivotal role in bringing entertainment content to IFE systems on bo... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Gogo “firing on all cylinders”, more orders in the works
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E-paper specialist Media Carrier grows client base across travel
With more than 600 publications from 41 countries in its ever-growing digital media library, e-paper specialist Media Carrier is enjoying ro... Continue Reading
As Boeing forms avionics unit, where will broadband connectivity fit?
If major aircraft avionics manufacturers are in any way fazed by the news that Boeing is forming an in-house avionics group which will compe... Continue Reading
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