Mobile Connectivity

Canadian North Airlines will use Iridium Satellite LLC’s global satellite network for flight data applications, the Mobile Satellite Services provider said. Canadian North will be installing the Iridium-based AFIRS data collection and transmission system from Calgary-based AeroMechanical Services Ltd. on its fleet of Boeing 737 cargo/passenger aircraft. AFIRS supplies near-real time data on the aircraft...

Canadian North Airlines will use Iridium Satellite LLC‘s global satellite network for flight data applications, the Mobile Satellite Services provider said. Canadian North will be installing the Iridium-based AFIRS data collection and transmission system from Calgary-based AeroMechanical Services Ltd. on its fleet of Boeing 737 cargo/passenger aircraft. AFIRS supplies near-real time data on the aircraft...

Aloha Airlines equipped 12 planes in its fleet with AFIRS satellite data-collection and transmission systems from AeroMechanical Services Ltd. The AFIRS system uses satellite service provided by Iridium to transmit vital information about the plane. This service is much like the many telematics offerings for automobiles that are available to track automobile data and then...

China Airlines (CAL) became the latest customer of Connexion by Boeing by signing a letter of intent to obtain high-speed connectivity for travelers on the airline’s flights in and out of Taiwan. The deal calls for the broadband data and entertainment service to be installed on the airline’s long-haul fleet of aircraft beginning later this...

Japan Airlines (JAL) has agreed to install Connexion by Boeing‘s satellite-based mobile broadband service on JAL’slong-haul fleet of 68 aircraft. JAL is the Asian launch customer for the Connexion by Boeing service. Installations of the Connexion by Boeing equipment will begin in 2004, with passenger service expected to begin next year on routes originating from...

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has selected Connexion by Boeing as its provider of high-speed Internet access on board its long-haul flights. The letter of intent agreement calls for the Connexion by Boeing satellite-based mobile information service to be installed on 40 of SIA’s long-haul jetliners with an undisclosed number of options for additional service installations. The...

Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC has been awarded a contract from Saudi Arabian corporate jet operator National Air Services (NAS) to provide GlobalLink radio and satellite communications for its fleet of Boeing [NYSE: BA] jets. Financial terms were not disclosed. NAS, which provides private aviation services throughout the Middle East, plans to launch a new Saudi domestic...

Delta Air Lines‘ [NYSE: DAL] new low-fair airline Song plans in October to begin offering satellite TV service to passengers. Song is partnering with Matsushita Avionics Systems and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] to provide personal video monitors at every seat, with digital satellite broadcast, MP3 and pay-per-view programming available on demand. Multi-player interactive games and...

A passenger onboard a recent bmi flight from Chicago to Manchester, England, became the first commercial airline passenger to have an electrocardiogram in flight with data from the procedure transmitted via satellite to physicians on the ground. Stephen Clarke was traveling on bmi when he experienced chest pains. Receiving the images via satellite, physicians in...

Boeing has already launched its Connexion system for broadband communications to business aircraft, and at the Farnborough Air Show last month presented its development as a commercial system for the world’s airlines. It will be operational in US airspace in the fourth quarter of next year, and elsewhere in the world on a phased roll-out...