Passengers flying across the Pacific Ocean are set for a major upgrade in inflight connectivity performance. Panasonic Avionics and Eutelsat announced this week that Eutelsat 172b is now in service, delivering a massive increase in…
Interjet is now online
Interjet took delivery of XA-JOE, its first A321neo over the weekend. With that delivery the carrier joins the club of airlines offering wifi in the sky. The plane carries Panasonic Avionics' eXConnect inflight connectivity solution…
More bandwidth, more blocking to improve the Panasonic…
Network performance isn't only about bandwidth. Indeed, Panasonic Avionics announcement at CES this week of its "Third Generation Satellite Communications Network" talks a lot about bandwidth and capacity but that's not the most interesting part…
Wifi across the Pacific gets a major boost…
Passengers flying across the Pacific Ocean are set for a major upgrade in inflight connectivity performance. Panasonic Avionics and Eutelsat announced this week that Eutelsat 172b is now in service, delivering a massive increase in…
Which 747-8 is next up for high-speed wifi?
The Boeing 747-8 is set to receive Ka-band satellite inflight connectivity in 2018. Lufthansa Technik announced the it won a contract to fit the aircraft starting next year. The deal covers "several" aircraft but the…
Inflight connectivity coming to Interjet
Mexican LCC Interjet is set to add inflight connectivity to its fleet. The carrier will add Panasonic Avionics' eXConnect solution to its new A320 & A321 fleet starting later this year. The initial aircraft will…
Faster wifi flying on Singapore 777s
Add another deployed airline to the Inmarsat Global Xpress roster. A Singapore Airlines 777 showed up at Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon (23 Sept 2017) sporting a new radome on top. Ship 9V-SWQ took a…