Gogo Business Aviation has announced that it expects its Gogo 5G system to deliver ~25Mbps on average, with peak speeds in the 75-80Mbps range
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Air Belgium has signed a contract with Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) for inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) and mobile services technologies for its new Airbus A330neo aircraft
BSNL, a partner of Inmarsat, has received the necessary licences to deliver Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band mobile broadband services in India. Under the licence, GX will be available to Indian customers across the government, aviation and maritime sectors
Inmarsat is celebrating the 1,000th installation and activation of its Jet ConneX inflight connectivity system for business aviation. The company has seen demand for connectivity surging since the pandemic
Starting in November, United Airlines customers on select flights can make touch-free inflight purchases of snacks, drinks and other items, even when wi-fi is not available, by simply showing a flight attendant the PayPal QR Code in the PayPal app
The market for digital inflight advertising is forecast to grow massively by 2030. Inmarsat has developed OneFi, a digital platform designed to help airlines take advantage and monetise inflight connectivity
Aeroflot has signed an agreement with Panasonic for upgraded IFEC systems across its entire fleet of 20 Boeing 777-300ERs. The aircraft will be retrofitted with eX3 IFE systems and satellite-based IFC systems
Panasonic is developing a next-generation antenna which builds upon ThinKom’s VICTS (Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub) technology to connect aircraft with Ku-band satellites
Australian regional airline, QantasLink, is fitting the aircraft-powered version of the Bluebox Wow wireless IFE system across its fleet
Passengers on a recent China Eastern Airlines flight using Panasonic Avionics’ Extreme Throughput Satellite (XTS) service on the APStar 6D satellite are reported to have achieved peak speeds of up to 200Mbps