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Thales Inflyt

Air Canada expands Intelsat partnership for in-flight Wi-Fi on 737 MAX, regional jets

5 September 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Air Canada's 737 MAX in flight; soon to be fitted with Intelsat's 2Ku inflight internet solution

Updated inflight internet systems are coming to Air Canada’s 737 MAX and regional jets. In total, approximately 100 planes will see Intelsat’s systems installed in the years ahead.

This story is about: 2Ku, 737 MAX, Air Canada, air-to-ground, ATG, CRJ900, Dave Bijur, E175, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ka2517, Ku-band, Ku3030, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, Mark Nasr, OneWeb, regional jet, Satellite, Stellar Blu, Thales, Thales Inflyt, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Seeking understanding in the IFC world

6 July 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

No one likes to admit it, but every now and then a deal signed to deliver services for an airline turns sour. But those failures are also typically managed privately, and with minimal sniping between parties. When that veil of propriety is pierced, however, things get interesting in a hurry.

This story is about: 2Ku, Aeroplan, Air Canada, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX23, Anuvu, embedded IFE, Global Eagle, IFC, IFE, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, Intelsat, Ku3030, Norman Haughton, PAC, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, portal, Qatar Airways, Southwest Airlines, Stellar Blu, Thales, Thales FlytLIVE, Thales Inflyt, ThinKom, TK Kallenbach Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

ThinKom Plus launches, with hybrid LEO/GEO offering

9 June 2023 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

After teasing the details a bit in March, ThinKom formally launched its ThinAir Plus product line at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2023, integrating an ESA into the footprint of its Ka2517 solution. The system touts multi-constellation, multi-orbit, multi-beam connectivity support. The ThinAir Plus terminal is also the first to offer concurrent, multi-band connectivity in a single package.

This story is about: Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX23, antenna, electronically steered antenna, electronically steered phased array, ESA, GEO, Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, Ka2517Plus, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, PAC, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, phased array, Thales, Thales Inflyt, ThinAir, ThinAir Plus, ThinKom, VICTS Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Beyond the Megabits: Taking Spirit’s WiFi for a ride

15 February 2023 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

A QR code on the seatback helps encourage passengers to connect to the inflight internet on Spirit Airlines flights

Spirit Airlines claims to offer the fastest internet in the sky. But there’s much more to inflight WiFi performance than just the megabits.

This story is about: IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, moving map, product review, SES-17, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales Inflyt, trip report, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, Product Reviews

United, T-Mobile activate complimentary WiFi on board

23 September 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

United Airlines is, once again, a partner in the T-Mobile inflight wifi program. The expanded relationship, first tipped two weeks ago, takes effect today. T-Mobile subscribers on eligible plans will receive access to the streaming level connectivity service on select domestic and short-haul international United flights.

This story is about: in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Intelsat, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, T-mobile, Thales, Thales Inflyt, United Airlines, ViaSat, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

United joins T-Mobile’s free inflight WiFi program

8 September 2022 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

United's first 737 MAX 8 with the Viasat kit under the radome

United Airlines plans to offer free inflight WiFi to some T-Mobile customers beginning this fall.

This story is about: in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Intelsat, Panasonic, Panasonic Avionics, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, T-mobile, Thales, Thales Inflyt, United Airlines, ViaSat, wifi Filed Under: IFEC

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

In-flight connectivity’s next major hurdle: Smaller planes

22 June 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

A mockup of the Stellar Blu antenna on display at the Intelsat booth during Aircraft Interiors Expo 2022 in Hamburg

More than a thousand larger regional jets fly across North America. All of them deliver a sub-par inflight WiFi experience. But that could soon change, as multiple airlines move to upgrade the systems on board over the next few years.

This story is about: air-to-ground, Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX22, ATG-NG, BizAv, business aviation, EBACE, EBACE22, gogo, Gogo 5G, GX, GX Aviation, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Ka1717, Ka2517, Ku3030, LEO, Low Earth Orbit, OneWeb, regional jet, Satcom Direct, Satellite, Saudia, SmartSky, Starlink, Thales, Thales Inflyt, ThinAir, ThinKom, ViaSat, ViaSat-3 Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat

Spirit Airlines completes A320 WiFi installs

16 May 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The Spirit Airlines A320 fleet is now fully fitted with in-flight WiFi. With both the A321 and now the A320 fleets completed, Spirit’s fleet can deliver in-flight internet service on more than 82% of its departures and 87% of its available seat miles.

This story is about: A320, A320neo, A321, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Spirit Airlines, Thales, Thales Inflyt, ThinKom Filed Under: IFEC

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