Viasat has completed the payload integration and performance testing of the first of the three satellites for its ViaSat-3 global constellation, and has shipped the hardware to Boeing for the final stages of production
Browsing: Inflight Connectivity
Viasat has signed a deal with Delta Air Lines to supply an additional 230+ of Delta’s domestic mainline, narrow-body aircraft with inflight connectivity (IFC). Select aircraft from Delta’s fleet will be retrofitted with Viasat’s next-generation Ka-band satellite technology
Safran’s investment fund, Safran Corporate Ventures, has invested in SkyFive a provider of Air-To-Ground (A2G) broadband connectivity services and technology to aircraft operators, using a system that leverages standard mobile network components
Dubai-based Flydubai has invested in new IFE systems for its Boeing 737 fleet, replacing its Lumexis FTTS with systems from Global Eagle
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Latécoère Interconnection Systems (LIS) have signed a partnership agreement to develop ‘The ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor’. The partners say this is a unique IFE technology, which will available as a retrofit and cabin outfitting option before the end of the year
Qingdao Airlines has announced that it is fully committed to expanding and accelerating the deployment of high-speed inflight satellite internet across its aircraft fleet. IFEC supplier FTS notes it is seeing “more confidence, optimism and interest” from China’s domestic airlines on making long-term investments in inflight connectivity
Astronics Corporation has received an STC from Transport Canada for ‘The Edge’, its latest aircraft cabin network platform that enables fully featured IFE. Onboard e-commerce experience company, LiFE in the Air, is now using The Edge platform to host its digital inflight systems
A critical milestone has been passed in the verification phase for Global Eagle’s Airconnect Ka IFC terminal, to be used with the Telesat Lightspeed low-earth orbit (LEO) network. The terminal enables fibre-quality connectivity on the LEO Network
SkyFive, an air-to-ground (ATG) provider for the aviation sector, has created an an independent sister company – SkyFive Inflight Connectivity (Beijing) – which is dedicated to developing a 5G ATG inflight connectivity solution for airlines in China
Collins Aerospace’s Venue cabin management system (CMS) has had “a little work done”, including a new GUI that simplifies cabin control for passengers