Focus: Land Mobility

Inmarsat announced that Qatar Airways has become the first Middle East megacarrier to select its new GX Aviation in-flight broadband solution. Per the agreement, the service will initially be available...

Emerging global connectivity capabilities will be one of the biggest drivers for new in-flight applications — especially on the operations side — according to speakers at a Washington Space Business...

Gilat Satellite Networks announced that its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution demonstrated end-user throughput of more than 100Mbps during Gogo’s live airborne media and investor event. Gilat’s aero modem powers Gogo’s...

El Al Airlines is the national airline of Israel. It is also in the middle of an ambitious connectivity program based on the new Boeing Dreamliners entering its fleet. Via...

[Via Satellite 09-30-2016] OmniAccess, supplier of communications solutions to superyachts and cruise ships, and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have introduced a tailored XTS “extremely high throughput” satellite network for multiple mobility...

[Via Satellite 08-10-2016] Panasonic Avionics and Yahsat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore new ways to offer a broadband connectivity solution serving several mobility markets in the...

[Via Satellite 07-25-2014] Japanese airline Skymark Airlines is providing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) free of charge to fliers via Panasonic Avionics’s eXConnect global connectivity service. The airline intends to equip Airbus...

[Via Satellite 07-24-2014] China Eastern Airlines has equipped an Airbus A330 aircraft with In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) capability. China Telecom Satellite is providing the service through Panasonic’s eXConnect system. The first...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2014] Gogo completed an agreement with American Airlines to start installing its Air-to-Ground (ATG) connectivity service on the airline’s 30 new Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen aircraft. These connected aircraft...

[Long Beach, Calif. 06-06-14] President of TMF Associates Tim Farrar looked out at the 300-plus aviation professionals at the inaugural Global Connected Aircraft Summit (GCA Summit) and took a guess. “Maybe it’s...