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Saudia, NSG (Finally) Confirm Inflight Internet Partnership

13 April 2026 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Rendering of a Saudia plane flying above the clouds with some logos and other decorations.

Saudia officially has a new inflight internet offering, six months after launching its pilot program with Neo Space Group.

This story is about: Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX26, Display Interactive, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, Haithem Alfaraj, Ibrahim Al-Omar, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Kontron, NEO Space Group, NSG, Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia, Saudia, Saudia Group, SES, SES Open Orbits, SkyFive, Taqnia Space, ThinAir, ThinKom, UON, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC

ThinKom’s Nexus Delivers High Performance in a Compact Package

13 April 2026 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Rendering of a small aircraft antenna consisting of two round apertures and a very low profile radome on top.

The next big thing from ThinKom is impressively small. The ThinAir Nexus antenna brings ThinKom’s proven multi-orbit performance to market in a footprint matching LEO-only ESAs.

This story is about: AeroShroud, Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX26, antenna, Boeing, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Gilat, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Jeff Sare, Ka, Ka-band, Mark Silk, Nexus, SES Open Orbits, Sidewinder, Starlink, Telesat Lightspeed, ThinAir, ThinKom, VICTS Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Delta Picks Amazon Leo for Next-gen Inflight Internet

31 March 2026 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Delta Air Lines will activate (at least) 500 aircraft on the Amazon Leo inflight internet service from 2028. The deal will bring low-latency, high-bandwidth capacity to the fleet, boosting performance for passengers and crew alike.

This story is about: Amazon LEO, antenna, Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Fusion, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, Hughes, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Jupiter-3, Ka, Ka-band, Ka1717, Ka2517, Ka2517Plus, Ku, Ku-band, Kuiper, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, phased array, Satellite, ThinAir, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC

Lightspeed Slips, Shifts Capacity to Mil-Ka

17 March 2026 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

A rendering of a Telesat Lightspeed LEO satellite

Full global availability of the Telesat Lightspeed constellation schedule slipped into 2028, owing to hardware production issues.

This story is about: Amazon Kupier, Amazon LEO, Dan Goldberg, HBCplus, Hughes, Ka, Ka-band, Kuiper, MDA, NEO Space Group, Satixfy, SES, SES Open Orbits, Telesat, Telesat Lightspeed, ViaSat, Viasat Amara Filed Under: IFEC

LOT Goes Live with Viasat Inflight Internet on 787s

7 March 2026 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Two LOT Polish Airlines 787s (image via LOT)

LOT Polish Airlines’ first 787 fitted with inflight internet from Viasat recently entered service, part of an aircraft retrofit program first announced in 2023.

This story is about: GM-40, GX, GX Aviation, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Inmarsat, Inmarsat Global, Ka, Ka-band, LOT, LOT Polish Airlines, modem, Satellite, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC

KLM Flips Some Wi-Fi to Free

21 January 2026 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

a KLM A321neo with the Viasat radome for inflight internet installed.

KLM passengers will have free inflight Wi-Fi across a large swath of the carrier’s network starting this week.

This story is about: 737-800, Don Buchman, E195-E2, Flying Blue, IAG, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ka-SAT, KLM, Lufthansa Group, PaxEx, ViaSat, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

AJet, TCI Bring First Aircraft Online

14 December 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

AJet 737 MAX rendered flying over Istanbul

The first connected AJet aircraft now has inflight internet hardware installed, with integration services provided by TCI Aircraft Interiors.

This story is about: AJet, Eutelsat, Eutelsat KONNECT VHTS, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Konnect VHTS, TCI Aircraft Interiors, ThinKom, Turkey, Turkish Airlines, TurkSat Filed Under: IFEC

CesiumAstro Scores Skylark Terminal Testing Agreement with TCI

18 November 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A rendering of the CeisumAstro transmit and receive panels for the company's Skylark ESA offering

Antenna manufacturer CesiumAstro is moving towards on-wing testing of its Skylark inflight phased array terminal, thanks to an agreement with TCI Aircraft Interiors.

This story is about: antenna, CesiumAstro, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Lightspeed, phased array, SES, SES Open Orbits, Skylark, TCI Aircraft Interiors, Telesat, Telesat Lightspeed Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Saudia Nears Inflight Connectivity Launch

7 November 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Saudia A320 HZ-ASC with satellite connectivity radome on top.

Saudia’s latest inflight Wi-Fi service is (nearly) ready to go live, following a public test flight with airline executives earlier this week.

This story is about: Display Interactive, Dubai Air Show, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, IFE, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Kontron, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, NEO Space Group, NSG, O3b, O3b mPOWER, Open Orbits, Saudi Arabia, Saudia, SES, SES Open Orbits, SkyFive, ThinAir, ThinKom, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

SES Charts a New IFC Path with Intelsat Acquisition

3 October 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

lots of satellite dishes in a field

SES entered the inflight connectivity market indirectly with its Open Orbits program. Now that it owns Intelsat, however, that direct relationship exists, and the company expects it to grow.

This story is about: Blane Boynton, Display Interactive, electronically steered antenna, ESA, Gilat, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ka, Ka-band, Ku, Ku-band, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Neale Faulkner, NEO Space Group, NSG, portal, SES, SES Open Orbits, Sidewinder Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

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