Focus: Aviation

Inmarsat signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for phase two of the Iris air traffic modernization program, which will include flight trials across Europe to assess the...

In July this year, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) put out a report looking at how to create a safer aviation environment. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) looked at...

Gogo has surpassed 1,500 total commercial aircraft installed and activated with satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC). As of September 1, Gogo announced that it had: 1,262 aircraft installed and activated with 2Ku...

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) selected Viasat‘s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system for its new Airbus fleet additions: the A321LR and the A330-300E. SAS has continued to make investments to modernize its...

Viasat revealed new increased speeds, service packages and hardware incentives. The new In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) business aviation service packages aims to enable new and existing Ku-band customers the ability to...

Iridium Communications revealed that Thales is the newest Iridium Certus aviation service provider. While already developing the Iridium Certus-based FlytLINK terminal and antenna, Thales will now be able to offer...

During the summer travel season, I won’t lie that In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) is at least one of the criteria my family uses to decide which airline we travel. And, while...

When assessing where the next big leaps will come from in terms of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) adoption, it is hard to look beyond China. For starters, there are approximately 3,700...

Inmarsat revealed that Direction des Services de la navigation aérienne (DSNA), France’s primary Air Navigation Services Provider (ANSP), signed an agreement to join a consortium of European ANSPs supporting the modernization...

JetBlue selected the Viasat In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system for the airline’s new fleet of 70 Airbus A220-300 aircraft — for delivery beginning in 2020, with the option for 50 additional...