Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has renewed and expanded its multi-year, multi-transponder agreements with ABS, a satellite operator, to meet growing demand for connectivity capacity
Browsing: Inflight Connectivity
Collins Aerospace has announced it has reached a critical milestone in the development of its higher bandwidth Iridium Certus airborne SATCOM system. The company has connected with and transmitted data to an orbiting Iridium satellite using the Iridium Certus service with an HGA
OneWeb reports the successful launch of 36 further satellites, bringing its in-orbit LEO constellation to a total of 182 satellites. After a further two launches, the network will be activated later this year, with inflight connectivity services to follow in 2022
Jet Edge is fitting Gogo’s Avance L5 4G connectivity systems across its super-mid and large cabin aircraft fleet
Airbus has launched the UltraAir programme to develop a laser communication terminal demonstrator for aircraft. Airbus says that laser technologies are the “next revolution” in satellite communications and will give airline passengers high-speed data connections
Global Eagle has appointed Sean Bratches as its new chairman. He brings more than 30 years of experience as an executive across the media, entertainment and sports sectors, spanning Formula 1, ESPN and Disney
OneWeb has signed an agreement with SatixFy UK to develop an inflight connectivity (IFC) terminal that will work over the OneWeb network as well as on geostationary (GEO) satellite networks
Global Eagle has received two Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) for its Airconnect Global Ku inflight connectivity (IFC) system, including for installation on Turkish Airlines’ Boeing 737 fleet
The first ‘fflya’ kit, a Bluetooth connectivity kit developed by AS-IP Tech, a specialist in Bluetooth connectivity for aviation, has been fitted on a Wizz Air UK Airbus A321
APSTAR-6D, the first extreme high-throughput satellite (XTS), has entered service over the Asia-Pacific region – an event that Panasonic Avionics hails as a major evolution in its inflight connectivity offering