Focus: Aviation

In a new feature, we round up and put into context the most recent news involving the major satellite operators. The week of Dec. 7 was a relatively quiet one...

Inmarsat confirmed Thursday that its GX5 Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite entered commercial service. This is the company’s most powerful GEO satellite to date, and its fourteenth satellite currently in service....

ThinKom Solutions is supplying its ThinAir Ka2517 aero satellite antennas to GDC Technics, the company revealed Thursday. The Ka2517 antenna will be used to enable Inmarsat’s GX Aviation broadband satellite In-Flight Connectivity...

Soon after naming new CEO Rick Baldridge, Viasat announced a major move in Europe that the company will  buy the remaining 51% share of Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI), a wholesale...

SKYTRAC Systems is partnering with Scandinavian Avionics (the headquarters of The SA Group), the company revealed last Monday. The partnership’s goal is to increase market share for Skytrac’s broadband and...

SmartSky Networks on Tuesday revealed that David Helfgott was named CEO. Helfgott most recently was president and CEO of Phasor, which went bankrupt in May. South Korean defense company Hanwha...

Right now, the aviation industry is grappling with the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as the world’s airlines announce budget cuts, furloughs, and layoffs. According to the International Air...

Global commercial airline net sales nearly doubled between July and August 2020, according to a new industry report released by Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC). The firm said that ARC-accredited travel...

Viasat revealed on Aug. 26 that its business aviation In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., certifying the...

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation is with Khali Heath, principal product marketing manager at Intelsat. In this conversation we talk about her love of tennis, James Brown and R&B, as...