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Panasonic Avionics bucks consolidation trend, dumps ITC Global

13 January 2021 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The NEXT hardware suite from Panasonic Avionics delivers solid updates, both to the screens and all the stuff passengers never see

What’s NEXT for Panasonic Avionics? The company sold off its ITC Global maritime connectivity group this week, redoubling its focus on in-flight connectivity. That approach is counter to what many of its competitors are pursuing, however, raising a number of questions.

This story is about: 2Ku, APSTAR-6D, Global Eagle, gogo, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Ku, Ku-band, Newtec, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Satellite, wifi, XTS Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

MEA takes first A321neo, brings Panasonic Avionics WiFi on board

13 July 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

With delivery of its first A321neo last week Middle East Airlines (MEA) launches a new generation of inflight services. The carrier’s nine A321neo aircraft include personal seat-back entertainment screens and will be the airline’s first ever to offer inflight wifi connectivity on board. Panasonic Avionics was selected to provide these services.

This story is about: A321neo, Airbus, eX1, eXConnect, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, in-seat power, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, MEA, Middle East Airlines, Newtec, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation Filed Under: IFEC, Seats & Cabin

ThinKom, Telesat reach LEO link milestone

2 July 2019 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The ThinKom Ka2517 antenna operating at Telesat's Allan Park facility

ThinKom’s new Ka2517 aero satcom antenna is the latest to prove its viability for mixed orbit satellite constellations. The company successfully tested with the Telesat Phase 1 LEO satellite from June 10-14 at Telesat’s Allan Park facility in Ontario, Canada.

This story is about: GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Newtec, Satellite, Telesat, Telesat Phase 1, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC

PaxEx Premium: LEO Link Success

1 July 2019 By Seth Miller

Rendering of the Telesat Phase 1 Ka-band micro-satellite, soonto be used for testing by multiple inflight connectivity vendors

The market for antennae with a proven track record of successful connections to LEO satellite constellations continues to grow. This week's news brings another Ka-band supplier into the fold.

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This story is about: GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Newtec, Satellite, Telesat, Telesat Phase 1, ThinKom Filed Under: PremCat, Premium

Pitching inflight wifi to NEOS: A look at the options

22 October 2018 By Seth Miller

NEOS 787 by Gianluca Borchia via Flickr/CC BY-ND https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellipticset/25311566148/

How does an airline go about comparing the inflight wifi connectivity options available on the 787 Dreamliner? Lots of contract details about pricing and delivery timeframes are certainly critical, but occasionally the data is summed up into two slides in a briefing deck. For Italian charter operator NEOS the contest settled between Viasat and Panasonic Avionics back in 2017. It appears the carrier chose neither vendor, but the summary of the positioning from the two finalists is intriguing.

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This story is about: 787, 787-9, coverage maps, Dreamliner, HTS, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, internet, NEOS, Newtec, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, ViaSat, ViaSat-3, wifi, XTS Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat, Premium

Wifi across the Pacific gets a major boost from Eutelsat, Panasonic

22 November 2017 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

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 capacity to the market, particularly for the routes aircraft use between the United States and Asia.

This story is about: 172b, Arianespace, Eutelsat, Eutelsat 172b, eXConnect, HTS, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Kourou, Ku, Ku-band, Newtec, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, PaxEx, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines Filed Under: IFEC

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