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NSG Expands Backlog, Talks Future Growth

23 April 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Uzbekistan Airways' A321neo fleet will come online from 2026 with the NSG Ka-band services

NEO Space Group (NSG) signed Uzbekistan Airways and added to its prior Thai Airways commitment last week at AIX. An exclusive conversation with CEO Martijn Blanken digs into how the company differentiates itself, and how that will drive its success.

This story is about: Display Interactive, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka2517, Martijn Blanken, Neale Faulkner, NEO Space Group, NSG, portal, Safran Passenger Innovations, Thai Airways, ThinAir, ThinKom, Uzbekistan Airways Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

HBCplus Swaps, Line-fit Plans for Airbus Inflight Connectivity

17 April 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Viasat GX Aviation network has been the constellation of choice for more than 100 aircraft in the Airbus HBCplus program, which made the news of it being removed from offerability last week at AIX all the more interesting.

This story is about: Airbus, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX25, Don Buchman, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, Emirates, ESA, Gilat, GX Aviation, HBCplus, Hughes, Hughes Fusion, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ka2517, line-fit, Reza Rasoulian, Rob Baird, Sidewinder, ThinKom, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

ThinKom, Quvia Team for QoE Boost

8 April 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

ThinKom and Quvia are teaming to prioritize traffic flow across multi-link networks

ThinKom and Quvia are teaming to bring the multi-band, multi-beam, multi-constellation connectivity dream of the future closer to reality.

This story is about: Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX25, antenna, Benny Rentamony, Bill Milroy, Delta Air Lines, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESpace Networks, Hughes, Hughes Fusion, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka2517, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Neuron, phased array, Quality of Experience, Quvia, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Beyond Multi-orbit: Multi-beam Driving Inflight Connectivity Innovation

17 March 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

looking down on a trade show floor with lots of booths and people.

Yes, multi-orbit satellite solutions are the near-term future of inflight connectivity. But multi-beam offerings are set to dominate sales conversations as service providers look to add resiliency, reliability, and flexibility for their airline partners.

This story is about: Air Canada, antenna, Ben Murphy, CesiumAstro, Dave Bijur, Delta Air Lines, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, Hughes, Hughes Fusion, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, John Wade, Ka2517, Ku3030, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Mike Moeller, OneWeb, PAC, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, patent, phased array, Quality of Experience, Quvia, Reza Rasoulian, Satellite, SatShow2025, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Hughes Fusion Confirmed for Delta A321neo, A350 Aircraft

3 March 2025 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

wifi logo clouds over an airplane wing

Nearly two years after announcing its Fusion platform, Hughes Networks confirmed its first customer: Delta Air Lines.

This story is about: electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Eutelsat, Eutelsat Oneweb, Hughes, Hughes Fusion, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Ku, Ku-band, LEO, Lightspeed, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, PAC, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, phased array, radome, Satellite, Telesat, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus, ThinKom, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Delta confirms multi-link IFC plans with Hughes

8 January 2025 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Delta's 717 fleet is part of the 400+ planes slated to receive new in-flight internet systems from Hughes over the next two years (Image: Delta)

Delta Air Lines confirms it is “exploring” the option to enable multi-link network connectivity in a first for the commercial aviation world. Developed in partnership with Hughes Networks, the carrier expects to see the service flying in late 2025.

This story is about: 717, antenna, CRJ700, CRJ900, E175, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, Embraer, ESA, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Jupiter, Jupiter-3, Ka, Ka-band, Ka1717, Ka2517, Ka2517Plus, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, regional jet, Satellite, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Emirates begins its A350 era with updated seats, entertainment, internet offerings

27 November 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The first Emirates A350, outside the terminal in Dubai as it prepares to enter service in early January

The next generation of Emirates travel is here, with the A350 introducing a number of changes to the inflight passenger experience, across all three classes of service.

This story is about: 4K, A350, A350 XWB, A350-900, aerBlade, AVANT, AVANT Up, business class, economy class, embedded IFE, Emirates, GX, GX Aviation, HBCplus, IFC, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, in-seat power, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, inflight wifi, Inmarsat, Ka2517, premium cabin, premium economy, Recaro, Safran Passenger Innovations, Thales, Thales AVANT, ThinKom, USB, USB-C, ViaSat, Wireless Charging Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

ThinAir Plus partner picked

30 October 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

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.

This story is about: APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO24, Bill Milroy, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, Eutelsat, Eutelsat Oneweb, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, Hughes, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Ku, Ku-band, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, OneWeb, radome, Reza Rasoulian, SpaceX, Starlink, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

NSG signs Thai Airways, Turkish Airways for inflight internet

29 October 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

IFC upstart NEO Space Group now has two named customers, Airbus has its first SES-aligned customers for HBCplus, and passengers should soon have better internet on board.

This story is about: A321neo, Airbus, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO24, Display Interactive, Eclipse, Eclipse Global Connectivity, Eclipse Technics, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka-band, Ka2517, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, Neale Faulkner, NEO Space Group, NSG, Open Orbits, Safran, Safran Passenger Innovations, Saudi Arabia, SES, SES Open Orbits, Thai Airways, ThinKom, Turkish Airlines Filed Under: IFEC

Telesat moves to join Airbus HBCplus portfolio

28 October 2024 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A rendering of a Telesat Lightspeed LEO satellite

The Telesat LEO network confirmed its intentions to participate in the Airbus HBCplus program, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus to integrate into the Ka-band network offerings.

This story is about: Airbus, APEXEXPO, APEXEXPO24, HBCplus, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Ka2517, LEO, Lightspeed, Low Earth Orbit, Open Orbits, SES, SES Open Orbits, Telesat, ThinKom, ViaSat Filed Under: IFEC

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