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PaxEx Premium: Huge boost for Viasat’s aero play

12 February 2019 By Seth Miller

A rendering of something approximating a ViaSat-3 satellite

As the installed aircraft count ticks higher for Viasat so, too, does the share of revenue the company realizes from that segment. The growth rate will slow in the coming year as the American Airlines fleet completes its conversion (more than 450 aircraft installed to date) but CEO Mark Dankberg believes there is still runway left in the market. Even if it is going to be a little later than previously expected.

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This story is about: 2Ku, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, gogo, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, JetBlue, Ka, Ka-band, Ka-SAT, KuKa, PaxEx, United Airlines, ViaSat, ViaSat-2, ViaSat-3, Virgin America, wifi Filed Under: IFEC, PremCat, Premium

The first Hi Fly A380 lease customer is not who we expected

31 July 2018 By Seth Miller 3 Comments

Hi Fly A380 in Save the Coral Reefs livery by Steve Lynes via Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

Reports out of Denmark this afternoon have a special addition to the Hi Fly A380 wet lease charter schedule. The first flight will operate on Wednesday for an unlikely customer. Thomas Cook Scandinavia reportedly chartered the aircraft for a one-off service from Copenhagen to Larnaca, Cyprus.

This story is about: A380, AvGeek, charter, Copenhagen, CPH, Cyprus, Hi Fly, Larnaca, LCA, Norwegian, Scandinavia, Thomas Cook, Virgin America, wet lease Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Too many award seats? Alaska Airlines says whoopsie!

27 July 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Rendering of an Alaska Airlines 737 with the low-profile 2Ku antenna mounted to the top of the fuselage, behind the wing. (PRNewsfoto/Alaska Airlines)

Does a merger integration still count as wildly successful if it hurts revenues to the tune of 1.5% for 9ish months? Alaska Airlines’ PSS integration came off incredibly smoothly on the operations side, but the carrier missed on the loyalty side. And lots of frequent flyers got a ton of award seats as a result.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, awards, Elevate, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, merger, MileagePlan, PaxEx, points, rewards, Virgin America Filed Under: Loyalty

Alaska Airlines gets its Gogo 2Ku on

29 April 2018 By Seth Miller 3 Comments

The newest delivery to Alaska Airlines entered service last week with a special addition on board. Ship N927VA, an A321neo, is now flying throughout the Alaska Airlines network with Gogo’s 2Ku inflight internet service installed. This is the first Alaska Airlines aircraft to operate with the kit.

This story is about: 2Ku, A321neo, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, gogo, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, internet, Ku, Ku-band, Virgin America Filed Under: IFEC

Alaska Airlines dumps Dallas-Washington, DC/New York City routes

23 April 2018 By Seth Miller 30 Comments

A lonely Alaska Airlines sign in the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in NYC. The carrier moved in just last December and soon will be gone.

Alaska Airlines is pulling the plug on Virgin America’s mid-continent hub at Dallas’s Love Field; routes to NYC’s LaGuardia and Wasington, DC’s Reagan National are being slashed later this year.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, DAL, Dallas, DCA, E175, Embraer, LaGuardia, LGA, Love Field, merger, National, New York City, routes, Southwest Airlines, Virgin America, Washington DC Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Gilat goes cuckoo for Ku-Ka

22 March 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

One antenna kit to handle connections to multiple satellite networks sounds like a great idea. Gilat now has one on offer but there’s just one problem: It is unclear that commercial demand is truly sufficient for such. Oopsie.

This story is about: dual-band antenna, Gilat, Hughes, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, Ka, Ka-band, Ku, Ku-band, Qantas, ViaSat, Virgin America Filed Under: IFEC

Free Gogo coming for top Air Canada elites

28 November 2017 By Seth Miller 4 Comments

Loyalty can earn you free wifi on your next Air Canada flight. The carrier teamed up with inflight connectivity provider Gogo to offer top-tier elites an unlimited connectivity pass to ease their frequent flyer life.

This story is about: 2Ku, Air Canada, Altitude, elite status, Fly-Fi, FlyFi, frequent flier, frequent flyer, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, JetBlue, ViaSat, Virgin America Filed Under: IFEC

Friday Flyday: Departing Love Field on Virgin America

30 January 2015 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Taking a quick hop on one of the new Virgin America routes from Dallas to LaGuardia was an opportunity to explore the airport for my first time and fly a carrier I haven’t been on in a while.

This story is about: IFE, IFEC, in flight, in-flight entertainment, in-flight internet, PaxEx, Photos, trip report, video, Virgin America Filed Under: IFEC, Product Reviews

Hating hater hates on in-flight internet

23 January 2015 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

I love a good rant, particularly a well written one published under the guise of “news” by the NYTimes. Alas, this week’s lamenting on in-flight internet misses the boat a bit.

This story is about: gogo, IFEC, in-flight internet, internet, JetBlue, Virgin America Filed Under: IFEC

Gate-to-gate wifi: Coming soon, but someone has to pay for it

9 November 2013 By Seth Miller 6 Comments

Now that personal electronic device use is permitted gate-to-gate on the bulk of flights in the USA (and most of the rest should be on board soon) the question becomes what about gate-to-gate connectivity? When will travelers be able to use WiFi throughout their trip rather than only above 10,000 feet? Alas, the answer isn’t […]

This story is about: American Airlines, Delta, in flight, in-flight internet, internet, JetBlue, PaxEx, Southwest Airline, United, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin America Filed Under: IFEC

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