Addvalue to design SBB terminals for real-time flight data
Addvalue Technologies says that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Addvalue Innovation, has formalised a significant design contract with Avionica to jointly develop a new generation of Inmarsat Swift Broadband (SBB) terminals to…
EL AL launches Viasat inflight Wi-Fi on transatlantic flights
Viasat has announced that EL AL Israel Airlines has launched its Viasat in-flight Wi-Fi service on transatlantic flights. The inflight connectivity service will use the advanced ViaSat-2 satellite to bring…
Conference agenda available for ‘Connected Aircraft Europe’
The draft conference agenda for the “Connected Aircraft Europe” event, being held in Munich on 12 and 13 March 2019, has been released. “Connected Aircraft Europe” is part of the…
Satcom Direct (SD) to provide engine data to Rolls-Royce
SD has entered a formal arrangement with Rolls-Royce to deliver business aviation engine utilisation data directly to the OEM via the SD Pro Operating System, using the SD FlightLogs post-flight…
Saudia scoops “Airline IFEC experience” award at AIME
Saudia scooped the “Airline IFEC experience” award at this week’s “Inflight” Awards, held at Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME 2019) event in Dubai. “Inflight” says judges praised the airline, the…
Inmarsat wins at Inflight Middle East Awards for second year
Inmarsat has been named winner of Inflight Middle East’s Connectivity Enablement Award for the second consecutive year. The accolade was announced in Dubai, after an independent panel of industry experts…
Air Senegal signs for GX Aviation with SITAONAIR
Air Senegal has selected SITAONAIR to deploy its high-speed Inmarsat GX Aviation inflight connectivity (IFC) on its new-generation Airbus A330neo fleet. This makes Air Senegal the first airline on the…
Satair and Honeywell Aerospace sign JetWave agreement
Satair and Honeywell Aerospace have signed an agreement to distribute Honeywell’s JetWave high-speed in-flight connectivity system to a wide segment of the global business jet market. JetWave is an inflight…
Viasat Q3 results show it now has 1,123 aircraft flying with IFC
Viasat has announced its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2018. At the close of Q3 the number of commercial aircraft in-service flying with Viasat’s IFC…
Iridium says $3bn LEO satellite constellation upgrade complete
Iridium Communications announced the completion of its $3 billion satellite constellation upgrade campaign known as Iridium NEXT, during a press conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C….
Honeywell to use connectivity to develop ‘Black Box in the Sky’
Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright have partnered to develop an entirely new way for airlines to monitor and analyse flight data. They will use real-time connectivity to reinvent the Cockpit Voice Recorder…
Gogo AVANCE L5 inflight connectivity now flying on 500 aircraft
Gogo Business Aviation has announced that its Gogo AVANCE L5 air-to-ground inflight connectivity system has been installed and is now flying on 500 business jets. It says it took just…
Astronics AeroSat gains EASA certification for FliteStream
Astronics has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Astronics AeroSat, recently received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its next-generation FliteStream SATCOM inflight connectivity system. The components certified include Astronics’…
Satcom Direct supports Skyservice STC on DLU for Learjet 45
The Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) authority has awarded Skyservice Business Aviation an STC for installation of the Satcom Direct (SD) Data Link Unit (DLU) upgrade on the Learjet 45…
SmartSky Networks announces $104m round of funding
SmartSky Networks has announced the closing of a total of $104m in funding, including $75 million in debt commitments from funds managed by the Global Credit team at BlackRock and…
Neos adds Viasat inflight connectivity to Boeing 787s
Neos, the Italian leisure airline, and Viasat have announced that Viasat’s Ka-band in-flight connectivity service will be offered on Neos’ fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Viasat says the airline…
