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Thales FlytLIVE

Thales FlytLIVE gets boost with SES-17 activation

26 July 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The official launch of the FlytLIVE in-flight WiFi service on Spirit Airlines earlier this month, after a year of trial operations irepresents a strong return to the in-flight connectivity market for Thales. But the company is not slowing down now that the gear is live; quite the opposite, in fact.

This story is about: Air Canada, High Throughput Satellites, HTS, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, InFlyt, Ka-band, Ka2517, SES-17, Spirit Airlines, TATL, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, ThinAir, Thinkom, transatlantic Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Spirit officially activates WiFi, launches new pricing options

13 July 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A Spirit Airlines plane, equipped with the company's new in-flight WiFi service

Since Spirit Airlines announced plans to add in-flight Wi-Fi services four years ago, the carrier has planned to market its offering differently than other airlines. Now, two months after completing the A320/A321 installs and after a year of active testing, the service is out of beta and Spirit is kicking off a major marketing push.

This story is about: ancillary, ancillary fees, ancillary revenue, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Successful launch for SES-17, boosting in-flight wifi coverage, capacity

24 October 2021 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The SES-17 satellite successfully launched into space onboard an Ariane 5 launcher operated by Arianespace. It is expected to enter service in mid-2022.

This story is about: GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, MEO, Middle Earth Orbit, O3b, O3b mPOWER, Satellite, SES, SES-17, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, Thinkom Filed Under: IFEC

APEX Weekly Wrap: Airline CEO Shuffles and Using Data to Manage Risk Volatility

16 October 2020 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

This episode of the APEX Weekly Wrap reflects on a week of senior staffing news, following announcements that both British Airways CEO Alex Cruz and Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah will step aside, and way more.

This story is about: British Airways, IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, PaxEx, SmartSky, SmartSky LTE, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, video, Virgin Australia, Weekly Wrap Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, IFEC, PaxEx Update

Solving the Thales Ka-band antenna conundrum

16 October 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Thinkom ThinAir 2517 Ka-band antenna system is in the STC process for an A320-family customer. PaxEx.Aero believes this might be for the new Spirit Airlines/Thales FlytLIVE project.

Rip-and-replace is rarely good news for an on-aircraft hardware system. But there’s at least one big winner with the latest revision to the Thales Ka-band in-flight connectivity offering. The Thinkom ThinAir Ka2517 has been confirmed on an Spirit Airlines A321 headed towards certification.

This story is about: 2Ka, 2Ku, A320, A321, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Intelsat, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Ku, Ku-band, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Clearing the air

15 October 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

On Monday STS Aero Mod announced a big push to fit the Thales inflight wifi connectivity system on aircraft over the next 12 months. It now appears, unfortunately, that some of the details shared by the company and analyzed for PaxEx Premium readers were not accurate. Hopefully the update below helps to clarify some of that information.

This story is about: Air Canada, ATG4, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Intelsat, Ka, Ka-band, PaxEx, Satellite, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Thales Wi-Fi installations begin at STS Mod Center in Florida

12 October 2020 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The next generation of Thales in-flight wifi service installations are underway. The work is being handled by STS Mod Center, a division of STS Aviation Group, at its facility in Melbourne, Florida. STS indicated plans to fit more than 100 aircraft in the coming year for an unnamed customer. Figuring out who it is was not too difficult, though.

This story is about: Air Canada, ATG4, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Intelsat, Ka, Ka-band, PaxEx, Satellite, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

Antenna woes derail Spirit’s WiFi installation efforts

17 December 2019 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Spirit Airlines' first A321 with the Thales wifi kit installed. And the older generation radome.

More troubles for the Spirit Airlines inflight wifi program came to light today. Antenna issues with the Thales FlytLIVE kit will require the few existing installations to be replaced and tested anew before the full fleet deployment resumes.

This story is about: IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, SES, SES-17, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Much meaning to MAX movements??

28 August 2019 By Seth Miller

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

Spotting 737 MAX aircraft in the air these days is relatively rare. Boeing continues to run occasional test flights, in addition to moving planes to out of the way airports as it stores new build frames. United Airlines is moving its fleet to Goodyear Airport on the west side of Phoenix, Arizona this in a move that it suggests is tied to storage needs and eventually preparing to return the planes to service. And then there's a single plane flying around northern Canada for some strange reason.

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This story is about: 737 MAX, Air Canada, grounding, GX, GX Aviation, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Inmarsat, Ka, Ka-band, Ka2517, Norwegian, Rockwell Collins, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, Thinkom, United Airlines Filed Under: PremCat, Premium

Seeking ThinAir: The search continues

20 November 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A couple weeks ago hopes were high for a new antenna system in flight testing. That dream appears to have come back down to earth as Spirit Airlines’ first A321 with the Thales FlytLive kit installed reentered flight services this week.

This story is about: antenna, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, PaxEx, radome, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, ThinAir, Thinkom, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

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