List/Grid Tag Archives: GX Aviation
Connected aircraft to save aviation industry $15bn per year
A new London School of Economics study, sponsored by Inmarsat, predicts a move towards connected aircraft will transform aviation airline operations and safety, saving billions in the process. The report…
EBACE: EAD Aerospace adds Airbus A330/A340 SUMS STCs
EAD Aerospace, an Eclipse company, has achieved an EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its SUMS mounting system for the Airbus A330-200/300 and A340-200/300 families. This follows news of an…
Air New Zealand charging NZ$40 per leg for inflight connectivity
Air New Zealand has launched its inflight connectivity service, powered by Inmarsat GX Aviation, and is charging NZ$40 (equivalent to roughly £20.45/US£27.78) per flight segment. The product has been in…
Inmarsat sees inflight connectivity revenues grow 40%
Inmarsat has reported strong growth in its aviation business with inflight connectivity (IFC) revenues growing 40% in Q1 2018, compared with the same period in 2017. Aviation revenues for the…
Qatar Airways starts rollout of Inmarsat’s GX Aviation
Inmarsat announced today that its new GX Aviation inflight connectivity service is now being rolled out on Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 aircraft. Qatar Airways is the first…
EAD Aerospace announces EASA STC for GX on Airbus A320
EAD Aerospace, an Eclipse company, has received final EASA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for the Inmarsat GX fuselage-mounted satcom antenna installation on the Airbus A319 CEO, A320 CEO and NEO,…
AIX: Rockwell Collins gaining useful experience with GX Aviation
Rockwell Collins is using the experience gained through its Inmarsat GX Aviation installs with Air Astana to help with future applications. Air Astana now has Inmarsat’s Ka-band GX Aviation inflight…
AIX: Inmarsat signs MoU with Turkish Technic / HAVELSAN
Inmarsat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN on integrated inflight connectivity and entertainment solutions. As part of the collaboration, the three companies will offer a…
AIX: Kuwait Airways selects Inmarsat GX for new Airbus fleet
Kuwait Airways has selected Inmarsat’s GX Aviation high-speed inflight broadband connectivity and has extended its partnership with SITAONAIR. SITAONAIR is to deploy its Internet ONAIR portal and Mobile ONAIR services…
AIX: Inmarsat says GX Aviation IFC is getting ‘rave reviews’
Inmarsat now has more than 250 GX Aviation inflight connectivity installs under its belt with 1,300 aircraft in the backlog. The 250th aircraft to be equipped was for Air New…
AIX: Inmarsat celebrates 250th installation of GX Aviation IFC
Inmarsat has announced a major milestone for its Ka-band GX Aviation broadband inflight connectivity service, after completing its 250th installation with airlines worldwide. GX Aviation has now been installed on…
Emirates wins three Passenger Choice Awards at APEX Asia
Emirates received three Regional Passenger Choice Awards for Best Inflight Wi-Fi in the Middle East, Best Entertainment in the Middle East, and the Best Overall Experience in the Middle East…
Inmarsat: ‘Double-digit’ aviation growth, but dividend cut
Inmarsat has reported “double-digit” growth for its aviation business in its final-year 2017 results, but has cut its total dividend to 20 cents a share in order to boost investment…
Indonesia’s Citilink to equip aircraft with Inmarsat GX
Indonesian low-cost carrier Citilink is to equip its fleet with Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Ka-band inflight connectivity service. Citilink is a low-cost airline headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, established in 2001 as…
Satcom Direct marks decade as partner for SwiftBroadband
Satcom Direct (SD) is celebrating 10 years of partnership with global mobile satellite communications business Inmarsat. The milestone anniversary, which acknowledges SD’s support of the SwiftBroadband service, was announced to…
Eurowings Airbus fleet to get Inmarsat GX from this month
The Eurowings Airbus fleet is to get the airline’s WINGS Connect inflight connectivity service from February. This will allow Eurowings passengers to go online during the flight, surf the Internet…
AIME event underlines importance of Middle East market
This week’s Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) in Dubai highlighted the importance of inflight connectivity in the region. A record number of 4,541 trade visitors attending the two-day event at…
Inflight connectivity to create $5.2bn market in ME by 2035
Inflight connectivity has the potential to unlock a $5.2 billion market within the Middle East region by 2035, according to new data released today from the “Sky High Economics: Quantifying…
