The Gogo acquisition of Satcom Direct closed, bringing consolidation to the business aviation connectivity market.
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Money or Megabits? Making the case for connectivity business models
Is there a compelling difference between the technologies providing inflight connectivity today? Or is it all about the business case for airlines? LEO v GEO debates continue, while monetization talk continues to shape decisions.
ThinAir Plus partner picked
In an industry full of poorly kept secrets, confirmation of one has finally emerged. Since teasing the ThinAir Plus antenna concept at Satellite 2023 and confirming it at AIX 2023 ThinKom has been loathe to confirm an ESA antenna partner. Until now.
Gulfstream secures STC for G650 Starlink installs
Starting today G650 owners can choose to add Starlink to their planes with the install handled directly by Gulfstream.
Wheels Up pivots fleet, picks Gogo Galileo for future connectivity
Private jet operator Wheels Up is revamping its fleet and upgrading the inflight internet offering, with the Gogo Galileo HDX solution to be installed on its Phenom and Challenger aircraft.
Gogo secures first line-fit option for Galileo LEO service
The first line-fit option for the Gogo Galileo LEO service will be from Textron, on the Cessna Citation Longitude, Citation Latitude and Citation Ascend business jet lines.
Taking Intelsat’s next generation LEO inflight connectivity for a ride
Switching over from the GEO satellites Intelsat has been using to deliver inflight internet to the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO constellation, the backbone of the company’s next-generation inflight internet service, was eye-opening.
Panasonic Avionics launches multi-orbit test flight program
Panasonic Avionics’ newest test aircraft broke cover late last week, carrying the Sidewinder 9×9 ESA from Gilat (formerly Stellar Blu) and a paint job highlighting the OneWeb LEO connectivity kit on board.
Gogo books four years of OneWeb capacity for Galileo BizAv offering
Gogo will commit more than $50 million over four years to purchase satellite capacity on the OneWeb constellation for its BizAv customers
Telesat finalizes government funding for Lightspeed
The Telesat Lightspeed constellation is (finally) fully funded. The company announced completion of funding agreements with the Governments of Canada and Quebec, allowing for the satellites to be built and launched.