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ATG

Beyond the bytes: Partnerships pushing product progress

11 September 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

An Air Canada ERJ175, soon to be fitted with better Wi-Fi, and fully free for passengers.

Air Canada’s newly expanded relationship with Intelsat shows off the power of jointly developing not just a bandwidth map, but partnering on how that service is delivered, to the airline and to passengers on board.

This story is about: 737 MAX, Air Canada, air-to-ground, ATG, CRJ900, Dave Bijur, E175, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ku-band, Mark Nasr, Norman Haughton, OneWeb, portal, regional jet, Satellite Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Volato picks SmartSky for HondaJet fleet

8 September 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Volato's HondaJet fleet is coming online with SmartSky LiTE

Travelers on Volato’s fleet of HondaJet aircraft will soon have access to SmartSky‘s inflight internet services. The two companies agreed to fit more than 20 new jets in the fractional fleet operations with the SmartSky LITE solution, with an option to retrofit existing aircraft in the fleet. SmartSky demonstrated the capability to deliver the high-quality […]

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, AVANCE, AVANCE L3, BizAv, business aviation, HondaJet, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Oakleigh Thorne, Ryan Stone, SmartSky, SmartSky LiTE, Volato Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Air Canada expands Intelsat partnership for in-flight Wi-Fi on 737 MAX, regional jets

5 September 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Air Canada's 737 MAX in flight; soon to be fitted with Intelsat's 2Ku inflight internet solution

Updated inflight internet systems are coming to Air Canada’s 737 MAX and regional jets. In total, approximately 100 planes will see Intelsat’s systems installed in the years ahead.

This story is about: 2Ku, 737 MAX, Air Canada, air-to-ground, ATG, CRJ900, Dave Bijur, E175, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ka2517, Ku-band, Ku3030, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Mark Nasr, OneWeb, regional jet, Satellite, Stellar Blu, Thales, Thales Inflyt, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Performance puffery in the ATG world

21 August 2023 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

Installation of the first antenna panels for the Gogo 5G network upgrade

A CEO taking shots at the competition is nothing new. Doing so without data to back up the claims, however, can create more questions rather than boosting the product profile.

This story is about: 5G, air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, earnings call, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, SmartSky, SpaceX, Starlink Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Gogo reports record service revenue, reduces forecast

8 August 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Installation of the first antenna panels for the Gogo 5G network upgrade

Chalk up another record revenue quarter for Gogo. But the company expects the next couple years to be rough, with downward revisions on revenue, free cash flow, and other metrics.

This story is about: ATG, ATG-NG, AVANCE, AVANCE L3, AVANCE L5, AVANCE LX5, BizAv, business aviation, earnings call, Galileo, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Oakleigh Thorne, OneWeb, Satellite, SmartSky Filed Under: IFEC

Gogo launches AVANCE LX5, a more compact ATG solution

3 August 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Gogo's AVANCE LX5 solution requires only one LRU to deliver inflight connectivity on board

The new Gogo 5G solution is still a year-ish away for aircraft owners, but the company announced availability of AVANCE LX5, an upgrade to the L5 solution that delivers a more compact installation on board.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, AVANCE, AVANCE L5, AVANCE LX5, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Gogo 5G takes a year delay on additional chip flaws

28 July 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Installation of the first antenna panels for the Gogo 5G network upgrade

The Gogo 5G service will, once again, be delayed. The company announced a design error which must be resolved prior to deployment. Gogo 5G is now expected to go live in mid-2024, pending resolution of the chip flaws.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, regional jet, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Rolling delays hit inflight connectivity over China

27 June 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

When it comes to inflight connectivity growth opportunity China is hard to ignore. It is a massive market, but one with almost no short-haul aircraft carrying Wi-Fi hardware on board. And despite repeated promises that the online world is finally ready to imminently take flight, at least one supplier is finally backing off the hype and recognizing significant additional delays in getting its systems off the ground.

This story is about: 5G, A321, air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, CAAC, China, China Mobile, CITC, Eclipse Global Connectivity, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, portal, regulations, Safran, Safran Aerosystems, Safran Passenger Innovations, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, SkyFive, Thorsten Robrecht, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

EchoStar, SkyFive team for S-band dual-link drone control

30 May 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The tiny SkyFive modem that delivers the terrestrial half of an S-band command and control link to urban air mobility vehicles.

How do you deliver multiple, diverse command and control links to a small, uncrewed aircraft, fully integrated in controlled airspace? SkyFive and EchoStar have successfully concluded a series of flight tests, in partnership with Airbus, to combine S-band satellite and terrestrial links and deliver that functionality.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, drones, EchoStar, EchoStar XXI, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, inflight connectivity, S-Band, Satellite, SkyFive, UAV Filed Under: IFEC

Gogo brings next-gen BizAv WiFi to Canada

24 April 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Installation of the first antenna panels for the Gogo 5G network upgrade

Gogo is pressing forward with its updated network rollout, now confirming plans to cover Canadian markets with the improved service.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, Canada, gogo, Gogo 5G, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, lawsuit, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE Filed Under: IFEC

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