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Gossiping Around the APEX Water Cooler

18 September 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Kuiper made a splash at APEX Global Expo this year, showing up with its first customer in hand. Starlink also always grabs a lot of attention. But it was the quieter conversations away from the main floor that were, as always, most interesting.

This story is about: Air Canada, Air India, air-to-ground, Airbus, American Airlines, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO25, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, China, CRJ700, CRJ900, Delta Air Lines, Deutsche Telekom, EAN, Embraer, ERJ-175, European Aviation Network, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, HBCplus, Hughes, Hughes Fusion, Hybrid, IAG, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka2517, Ka2517Plus, Kuiper, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, multi-orbit, regulations, Satellite, Starlink, Swiss, Telekom, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus, ThinKom, United Airlines, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

China Eastern launches streaming IFE on its newest C919

2 December 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

China Eastern's new wireless IFE portal on board the C919 (image via ChinaDaily)

The ninth C919 for China Eastern arrived last week, carrying a bit of a passenger experience boost. It is the first C919 for the carrier to feature a streaming entertainment solution on board.

This story is about: C919, China, China Eastern, COMAC, IFE, IFEC, Streaming IFE, Wireless IFE Filed Under: IFEC

ESAs, China, and the future of inflight connectivity

20 June 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The new Stellar Blu ESA atop Intelsat's CRJ-700 test aircraft

Depending on who you ask – and I asked several people at at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2024 last month – ESAs are the best way forward for inflight connectivity, or a compromise that come up short for airlines.

This story is about: 2Ku, Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX24, antenna, Anuvu, APSATCOM, Ball Aerospace, Boeing, China, Dave Bijur, Don Buchman, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, GetSat, Gilat, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, John Wade, Josh Marks, Ka, Ka-band, Ku, Ku-band, LEO, line-fit, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, phased array, Satellite, Sidewinder, Stellar Blu, Telesat, ThinKom, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

SES Open Orbits brings multi-constellation, multi-orbit Ka-band connectivity together on a global scale

7 June 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

SES will bring together a collective of Ka-band capacity providers under its Open Orbits program, providing a new type of competition in the global inflight connectivity market.

This story is about: Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX24, Boeing, China, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, Elias Zaccack, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, HBCplus, Hughes, IFE, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, India, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, line-fit, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, O3b, O3b mPOWER, Open Orbits, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, Saudi Arabia, SES, SES Open Orbits, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Going offline? Viasat targeted for Chinese sanctions

9 January 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

An Inmarsat I-4 satellite, one of the collection that powers the global L-Band network

Viasat is a target of Chinese sanctions, which could knock some airlines offline in and over the region.

This story is about: China, China Satcom, ChinaSat, ChinaSat-16, Global Xpress, GX Aviation, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Inmarsat, L-band, sanctions, SB-S, SBB, Swiftbroadband-Safety, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC

China, Las Vegas feature in Gatwick summer 2024 slot allocations

4 January 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

overhead view of a round airport terminal with a variety of planes parked at the gates

Norse Atlantic may bring its flying longboats to Las Vegas this summer. The route is noted in the initial slot allocations for Gatwick, released today.

This story is about: Air China, Air India, Atlantic Airways, China, China Eastern, China Southern, Ethiopian Airlines, Gatwick, India, ITA, Italia Trasporto Aereo, LGW, London, Norse Atlantic Airways, PLAY, routes, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, SpiceJet, TAAG Angola Airlines, Vietnam Airlines Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

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

Does ATG have a future in commercial aviation?

18 January 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Cellular-based air-to-ground technologies brought inflight internet to thousands of aircraft and millions of passengers, first in North America, then in Europe and beyond. And while the technology continues to grow in some markets, some suppliers are more skeptical of its continued value, at least for commercial airlines.

This story is about: 5G, Aegean Airlines, air-to-ground, ATG, ATG-NG, China, David Helfgott, EAN, European Aviation Network, gogo, Gogo 5G, IAG, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Inmarsat, Inmarsat Global, Intelsat, International Airline Group, Jeff Sare, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, Orchestra, phased array, Ryan Stone, Saudi Arabia, SkyFive, SmartSky Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Viasat secures 737 type certification in China

10 January 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The coverage map of ChinaSat-16

Viasat continues to expand the scope of its inflight connectivity offering in China. The company announced this week it secured a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate (VSTC) to install its advanced Ka-band satellite connectivity system on the Boeing 737NG aircraft series.

This story is about: 737, 737 MAX, 737 NG, China, China Satcom, ChinaSat, ChinaSat-16, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC

Sichuan Airlines taps Viasat for inflight connectivity

15 December 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Sichuan Airlines selected Viasat to provide inflight connectivity, in partnership with AeroSat Link and China Satcom. The deal represents Viasat’s first connected airline customer in China.

This story is about: AeroSat Link, China, China Satcom, ChinaSat, ChinaSat-16, Don Buchman, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Sichuan Airlines, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC

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