Saudia UON inflight connectivity goes live on flights from Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s UON inflight connectivity service has been launched on Saudia flights from Riyadh to Geneva, offering high-speed internet and 3G/4G mobile services. The Kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation…
Gilat AeroEdge 6000 receives DO-160 certification
Gilat announced today that its dual-band aero satcom terminal has passed the standard for the environmental testing of its avionics hardware and received DO-160 certification. Gilat’s Ku/Ka AeroEdge 6000 terminal…
Inmarsat signs Honeywell as global GX Aviation reseller
Inmarsat has announced that it has expanded its global network of value added resellers (VARs) for its GX Aviation inflight connectivity solution with the addition of Honeywell Aerospace. The agreement…
Inmarsat posts double-digit growth for aviation in Q3 2018
Inmarsat issued its third quarter 2018 results showing double-digit revenue growth for its aviation business, with an improved margin outlook for the full year’s results. IFC revenues overall, comprising its…
Satcom Direct showcases SD Xperience on global flight
Satcom Direct is taking its Gulfstream GIV on a circumnavigation of the globe to showcase the power of its new SD Xperience inflight connectivity offering to the international business aviation…
Airshare selects Gogo AVANCE L3 for Embraer Phenom 100s
Gogo Business Aviation’s latest connectivity solution for light jets – Gogo AVANCE L3 – has been selected by Airshare for installation across its entire fleet of Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft….
SITAONAIR promotes AirCom FlightTracker for ICAO GADSS
ICAO recommendations calling for airlines to report flight positions every 15 minutes become official on Thursday 8 November 2018. SITAONAIR says it is helping multiple airlines around the world meet…
Gogo Q3 results see revenues increase to $217.3m
Gogo has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 showing a consolidated revenue increase to $217.3m, but a net loss of $37.7m. It says the…
GlobalBeacon satellite-based aircraft tracking goes live
Aireon LLC and FlightAware today announced that GlobalBeacon is live and providing airlines with global flight tracking ahead of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System…
Thales FlytLINK provides inflight connectivity for helicopters
Thales has an inflight connectivity solution for helicopters that uses the new Iridium NEXT constellation of low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. On display at the recent Helitech 2018 exhibition in Amsterdam,…
Gogo Ku-band inflight connectivity tested on a Delta A330-300
A recent trip from Amsterdam to Boston and back gave me the opportunity to test the Gogo Ku-band inflight connectivity offering on a Delta A330-300. I was told the aircraft…
Garuda selects Inmarsat’s GX Aviation inflight connectivity
Mahata Aero Teknologi (MAT) today announced an agreement to provide Indonesian national airline Garuda with high-speed inflight broadband, in partnership with Inmarsat, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Systems. Garuda Indonesia will…
China satellite launched to explore laser-based IFC
China has launched a cubesat from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwest Gobi Desert that will look at the feasibility of laser-based inflight connectivity. As well as the…
GOL partners with Gogo for connected aircraft products
Gogo announced today that Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aereas, will become the launch partner for Gogo’s Aircraft Data Service, Wireless Quick Access Recorder and Automated Turbulence Reporting, tapping into aircraft data…
AirMedia signs cooperation agreements with Chinese Airlines
AirMedia Group has announced that Beijing Yuehang Tianyi Electronic Information Technology, a subsidiary of the company, has signed strategic cooperation agreements with Qingdao Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, and Yunnan Hongtu Airlines….
Global Eagle/Gilat demonstrate broadband connectivity via LEO
Gilat Satellite Networks has announced what it claims is the first-ever demonstration of an in-flight aircraft communicating at broadband speeds with a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite system. This industry…
