Generation Global reveals circular solution for aircraft soft goods
Even if some conversations around sustainability have cooled in the face of corporate greenwashing and macroeconomic pressures, meaningful r... Continue Reading
Author: Mary Kirby
Iridium to acquire Aireon, mulls independent payloads for VHF, PNT
Iridium Communications has inked a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC, its joint venture with multiple air navigation service provid... Continue Reading
How SIMONA Boltaron meets airline aesthetic standards with Terreform
Eager to improve the sustainability credentials of aircraft cabins, high-performance thermoplastic specialist SIMONA Boltaron in 2021 introd... Continue Reading
RAVE supercharges IFE development with new OS and App Marketplace
Seeking to accelerate development cycles in inflight entertainment and bring dramatic enhancements to the passenger experience — including v... Continue Reading
Prominent IFC providers welcome ‘least cost routing’
A growing number of inflight connectivity stakeholders are prepared to flexibly support a multi-vendor environment in commercial aviation sh... Continue Reading
AirAsia CEO to Airbus: build it and we’ll also buy 150 A220-500s
Confirming Canadian reports that AirAsia has placed a firm order with Airbus for 150 A220-300s — and that the aircraft will feature a new hi... Continue Reading
SES advances work on multi-band ESA for meoSphere + LEO IFC
Preparing to offer meoSphere Ka-band Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) plus Ka- or Ku-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-powered inflight connectiv... Continue Reading
Employees, travelers reel as Spirit Airlines shutters operations
In a devastating blow to its employees and stranded ticket holders, bankrupt Spirit Airlines abruptly began closing its operations in the ea... Continue Reading
Amazon Leo ESA, ThinKom Nexus and new Starlink kit break cover
Three new aero antennas are arriving on the scene with the goal of shaking up aviation connectivity as we know it. They’re compact, lightwei... Continue Reading
Iridium prepares to unleash Certus 100 safety for civil aviation
As Iridium Communications works with key partners to secure clearance from the US FAA to support safety services with its next-gen Certus sa... Continue Reading
Diehl Space³ lav to enter service this year, narrowbody variant afoot
Diehl Aviation’s award-winning aircraft lavatory innovation, Space³, is slated to enter revenue service with an undisclosed airline before t... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: An airframer as orchestrator?
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Viasat readies for new AERA with ViaSat-3, multi-beam ESA
Presently in the process of in-orbit testing its ViaSat-3 F2 satellite, Viasat is convinced that the spacecraft’s capabilities are goi... Continue Reading
Hello from Air Canada A321XLR Aurora suite as service flow explained
The debut of Collins Aerospace’s Aurora lie-flat suite aboard American Airlines’ new Airbus A321XLR twinjets has been met with m... Continue Reading
Gilat confident on entering Airbus catalog
As the inflight connectivity market rapidly evolves to facilitate new NGSO constellations, and airframers shape their IFC catalogs to accomm... Continue Reading