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PaxEx Premium: Predicting a new antenna in flight

11 October 2018 By Seth Miller

As the new Thales/Spirit Airlines Ka-band inflight wifi connectivity solution inches closer to flight testing it appears necessary to dispel one rumor about timing and opine on a very different one about the antenna technology that will be used on board.

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This story is about: 2Ka, 2Ku, FlytLIVE, gogo, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, InFlyt, internet, PaxEx, Spirit Airlines, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, ThinKom, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat, Premium

PaxEx Premium: Spirit’s wifi installs begin

14 September 2018 By Seth Miller

Work on the first Spirit Airlines aircraft to receive its Thales-supplied inflight wifi connectivity hardware is underway. Installation efforts started this week at an MRO with Thales overseeing the work.

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This story is about: FlytLIVE, IFC, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, InFlyt, Ka, Ka-band, Spirit Airlines, Streaming IFE, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat, Premium

Eutelsat goes big on Ka-band, dumps ViaSat-3

5 April 2018 By Seth Miller

Major drama in the inflght connectivity world this afternoon as joint venture partners Eutelsat and Viasat are splitting on a major project. Eutelsat is launching KONNECT, its own massive increase in Ka-band capacity in 2021 and has new partners to work with on that deal. Oh, and it is bailing on its potential partnership for the ViaSat-3's EMEA coverage.

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This story is about: Europe, Eutelsat, FlytLIVE, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, InFlyt, internet, Ka, Ka-band, SES, SES-17, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, ViaSat, ViaSat-2, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat, Premium

JetBlue’s A320 retrofit finally underway

24 January 2018 By Seth Miller 10 Comments

The JetBlue implementation of LiveTV4 includes larger, brighter screens, but still not the Android-based underlying OS that makes AVANT so flexible and responsive.

More than two years after initially announced the JetBlue A320 retrofit program is finally underway. The first aircraft is now in the shop and will exit with at least one previously undisclosed surprise on board.

This story is about: Airbus, B/E Aerospace, economy class, FlytLIVE, JetBlue, Ka, Ka-band, live tv, LiveTV, LTV4, Pinnacle, Rockwell Collins, SpaceFlex, SpaceFlex v2, Thales, Thales AVANT, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, ViaSat, ViaSat-2, Zodiac Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

Air Canada’s new radome suggests shifting inflight connectivity strategy

7 January 2018 By Seth Miller

Air Canada's 737 MAX; image courtesy of the airline

Air Canada's 737 MAX fleet is getting inflight connectivity but it might not be what was expected. The first radome installation is complete and it looks like a new vendor may be in play, with Thales breaking in to Gogo territory.

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