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Seeking a connected aircraft timeline

3 October 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A Spirit Airlines plane, equipped with the company's new in-flight WiFi service

For nearly a decade the promise of reduced maintenance delays and operational savings has been a core factor in pitching airlines on inflight internet service. And for roughly that same period of time airlines have been wondering if those connected aircraft benefits will ever really arrive.

This story is about: connected aircraft, FTE, FTEGlobal22, Future Travel Experience, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, IoT, IoTA, IROPs, maintenance, Rocky Wiggins, Spirit Airlines, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

SITAONAIR expands digital services scope with GTD Air Services acquisition

22 January 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

After partnering in the development of a digital weather awareness platform for pilots SITAONAIR announced this week that it will acquire GTD Air Services, bringing the operation fully in-house. The deal give a significant boost to the SITAONAIR Digital Day of Operations application portfolio. And tying it to inflight connectivity makes all sorts of things work better.

This story is about: connected aircraft, IFC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, IoT, IoTA, SITAONAIR, weather Filed Under: IFEC

Recaro’s iSeat brings the connected cabin to life on TAP Air Portugal

8 November 2019 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Some TAP Air Portugal seats are getting smarter. In partnership with aircraft seating giant Recaro the airline installed its first ever “intelligent seat” product in the cabin of a TAP A321. The economy class BL3530 seat is equipped with numerous sensors to gather data on seat performance and generic behavior during flight. The trial with […]

This story is about: A321, connected aircraft, economy class, IoT, Mark Hiller, Recaro, seating, seats, TAP, TAP Air Portugal Filed Under: Seats & Cabin

Air France adds A220s, retires A380s

30 July 2019 By Seth Miller 5 Comments

Air France will add sixty A220-300 aircraft to its fleet from September 2021. The planes will replace the carrier’s aging A318 and A319 aircraft. The carrier also announced plans to fully retire its fleet of ten A380s by 2022.

This story is about: A220, A220-300, A380, Air France, Airbus, connected aircraft, Global Eagle, Global Eagle Entertainment, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, PaxEx, wifi Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, IFEC

Gogo, GOL partner on connected flight deck solutions

25 October 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A GOL 737 with the 2Ku radome on board

GOL Linhas Aereas inked a deal to install Gogo’s Aircraft Data Service, Wireless Quick Access Recorder and Automated Turbulence Reporting on board across its fleet. The Brazilian carrier, already a 2Ku customer, becomes the launch customer for these platforms. The partnership should improve the airline’s operational efficiency while also helping Gogo expand into the connected airframe market.

This story is about: 2Ku, connected aircraft, gogo, GOL, in flight, internet of things, IoT, IoTA, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

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