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Executive shuffle atop Gogo

29 December 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Gogo President and CEO Oakleigh Thorne will fill another leadership role at the company starting Friday. He takes over as Chairman of the Board of Directors as Ronald LeMay retires at the end of the year.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Oakleigh Thorne Filed Under: IFEC

SmartSky adds SmoothSky turbulence avoidance to software platform

7 December 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

No network? No problem!

SmartSky’s next-gen ATG network remains delayed, but the company continues to work on the software offerings that will run on the new communications backbone once it goes live. SmoothSky turbulence avoidance is the latest such offering.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, Gogo 5G, lawsuit, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE Filed Under: IFEC

Gogo Vision 360 BizAv IFE unveiled, adds FlightPath3D maps

2 December 2020 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Gogo’s AVANCE business aviation platform received an entertainment boost this week with the launch of the Gogo Vision 360 platform.

This story is about: AVANCE, AVANCE L3, AVANCE L5, BizAv, business aviation, flightpath3d, General aviation, gogo, Gogo Vision, Gogo Vision 360, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight entertainment, inflight entertainment, moving map, Streaming IFE, Wireless IFE Filed Under: IFEC

Stagnation displaces Astronics’ recovery resurgence hope

2 November 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

One of the tail-mount antenna options Astronics hopes will sell well in the BizAv market

The summer looked good for Astronics. The company saw green shoots of a recovery and was ready to resume its production of components for aircraft manufacturers and interiors suppliers. But as the summer came to a close so did that hope of a quick return to 2019 levels of production. And with the 737 MAX still grounded the company finds itself in what CEO Peter Gundermann describes as a “pretty tough” place.

This story is about: 737 MAX, 737MAX, antenna, Astronics, BizAv, business aviation, earnings call, General aviation, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, in-seat power, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, Satellite Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, IFEC

The A220 goes corporate with ACJ TwoTwenty business jet

6 October 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Airbus A220 now has a new brand option. The ACJ TwoTwenty brings the type more firmly into the business jet segment. The TwoTwenty offers a flexible cabin catalogue, addressing the requirements of the heavy and long-range business jet customers.

This story is about: A220, A220-100, ACJ, Airbus, BizAv, business aviation, IFE, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, Ku-band, premium cabin, seating, TwoTwenty Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

Redundant switch failure causes degraded controls on Pilatus PC-24

25 September 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Pilatus PC-24 over Las Vegas (Image via Pilatus)

Modern aircraft generally are designed with many redundancies built in. Testing and managing what happens when those systems both fail, however, does not always get sufficient attention. And in the case of the Pilatus PC-24 a dual failure on a data communications bus led to some interesting results in flight.

This story is about: BizAv, business aviation, PC-24, Pilatus Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Gogo’s AVANCE L3 now available line-fit on Pilatus PC-24

16 September 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Pilatus PC-24 over Las Vegas (Image via Pilatus)

New Pilatus PC-24 buyers can now choose to have the AVANCE L3 inflight wifi solution from Gogo installed at the factory. The type joins the PC-12 NGX in holding STCs for installation and Pilatus offering as a line-fit solution to customers.

This story is about: ATG, ATG4, AVANCE, AVANCE L3, AVANCE L5, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, line-fit, PC-12, PC-24, Pilatus, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Gogo tops 1,000 install milestone for AVANCE L5 biz jet wifi solution

25 August 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Less than three years after the product first took flight, Gogo’s business aviation division reached the 1,000 units installed milestone on its AVANCE L5 inflight wifi connectivity solution. More than 325,000 flights have operated with the system installed since Q4 2017 when the upgraded ATG wifi system became available.

This story is about: air-to-ground, ATG, ATG4, AVANCE, AVANCE L3, AVANCE L5, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Astronics still sees opportunity in BizAv IFC market

31 July 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

One of the tail-mount antenna options Astronics hopes will sell well in the BizAv market

Astronics is ready to move beyond the AeroSat antenna challenges of years past. In today’s quarterly earnings call CEO Peter Gundermann exuded confidence in the potential for the company’s latest partnership, with SES and Collins Aerospace, for a tail-mount solution to fly on larger biz jets.

This story is about: Astronics, BizAv, business aviation, Collins Aerospace, earnings call, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Intelsat, Intelsat 29e, phased array, Phasor, Satcom Direct, Satellite, SES, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Connectivity: Splitsville

27 July 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

‘Tis the season for restructuring in the aviation world. And for one supplier a deal years in the making may finally be on the horizon.

This story is about: 2Ka, 2Ku, ATG, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, gogo, Gogo 5G, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Ka, Ka-band, Ku, Ku-band, KuKa, Oakleigh Thorne, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Satellite, ViaSat, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

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