SmartSky Networks’ next-generation mobile broadband network for the USA has gone live. Hundreds of sites have been deployed to optimise performance for business aviation across the continental USA
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Eutelsat and OneWeb shareholders have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine the companies, aiming to create a global leader in the connectivity market with complementary GEO/LEO offering and create revenue, capex and cost synergies
SmartSky Networks has reported success in demonstration flights of its beamforming technology at an experience day in Kansas. Participants used the air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity during the flights, with the company saying that multi-gigabyte per hour data transfer was provided across more than 10 devices on each flight
With its 75th site now online, Gogo Business Aviation’s nationwide 5G network construction in the USA has now reached the halfway point to completion. Gogo says that the 5G broadband connectivity project remains on budget and is still on schedule to launch in the second half of 2022
The next stage in Virgin Atlantic’s transition to a greener fleet is the introduction of the A330neo, which will also usher in a further development of the airline’s cabin design philosophy – and the airline’s largest business class suite yet
14-16 June 2022 saw more than 12,000 professionals from the cabin interiors industry pass through the doors of Hamburg Messe to celebrate the return of Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) – the first in-person AIX since the Covid-19 pandemic
Eight innovative aircraft interiors designs and technologies fought their way through an impressive list of finalists to be hailed the winners of the Crystal Cabin Awards 2022
OneWeb and Stellar Blu Solutions have conducted a successful test flight on a Boeing B777-200LR to evaluate their LEO inflight connectivity systems, with terminal speeds of 260Mbps download / 8Mbps upload reported
Intelsat’s new Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) technology enables flexible access to GEO and LEO satellites, enabling new connected experiences in a lean package
Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Panasonic Avionics to be launch customer for Astrova, the cutting-edge IFE system revealed this week at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX). The deal will see the systems installed on Qatar Airways’ fleet of 40 Boeing 777X aircraft