Latest posts tagged with #ifec on Bluesky
What will three new senior executives and a tripling of office space bring about for FlightPath3D's inflight maps? We're about to find out, as the company highlights new opportunities and teases a couple key areas of product evolution.
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LOT Polish Airlines' first 787 fitted with inflight internet from Viasat recently entered service, part of an aircraft retrofit program first announced in 2023.
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Operating a multi-supplier IFC portfolio is not unique. Still, sometimes those shifts come as a surprise. A report this week very much fits in that latter category to me.
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Top line numbers suggest Gogo held steady as it navigated the first year of its merged operations with Satcom Direct and transitions towards the Gogo 5G and Galileo platforms for business aviation connectivity.
#IFEC #BizAv $GOGO
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Our PTS services delivers specialized support designed to extend the life and enhance the performance of IFEC systems. From maintenance to engineering expertise, PTS helps airlines maximise reliability and protect long-term value. #IFEC #Aviation
Our PTS services delivers specialized support designed to extend the life and enhance the performance of IFEC systems.
From maintenance to engineering expertise, PTS helps airlines maximise reliability and protect long-term value.
#IFEC #Aviation
ZIPAIR's first 787 is now fitted with Starlink inflight internet. The carrier expects all eight of its 787s to be flying with the service active in the next few months.
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Chalk up another $39 million in Sidewinder antenna sales for Gilat to bring multi-orbit IFC to commercial aircraft. Deliveries are expected over the coming year.
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At 35,000 feet, power matters.
Astrova features USB-IF Certified USB Type-C® fast charging — the first and only certified USB Type-C® with USB Power Delivery solution in the IFE industry.
Safe. Efficient. Protected. Seamless with passengers’ devices.
#PassengerExperience #IFEC #Aviation
Twice in recent weeks airline CEOs cited very bad reasoning to reject Starlink as an IFC provider.
Norwegian's Karlsen last week suggested to Reuters that the Starlink system is not certified on 737s, a claim I'm sure WestJet and United Airlines would be surprised to hear.
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Norwegian Airlines will pass on Starlink for its inflight internet, the second European U/LCC airline to dismiss the LEO satellite supplier in recent weeks.
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Spirit Airlines plans to sell 20 aircraft from its fleet as part of its reorganization and recapitalization effort, including removal of the Thales Inflyt on-board internet solution.
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The Crystal Cabin Award 2026 highlights the innovation power of the cabin industry, with 24 finalists selected across eight categories.
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Viasat reported quarterly aviation services revenue of $303.7 million in Q4 2025 (Q3 FY2026), up from $263.8mm the prior year. How long the company can maintain that pace of growth, however, remains to be seen.
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Southwest Airlines will swap a sizable portion of its fleet to the Starlink inflight internet solution, and quickly. More than 300 planes are expected to fly the new system by the end of 2026.
#IFEC $LUV $VSAT
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Launching a new inflight internet offering is a bold move these days. Competition is fierce, and new entrants typically need deep pockets to make a play. Immfly is undeterred.
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Safran Passenger Innovations is now RAVE Aerospace, adopting the name of the company's flagship inflight entertainment platform following divestiture from Safran.
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Update to the @viasat.com VS3-F3 launch plan confirmed for a SpaceX Heavy, "shortly after VS-3 F2 final deployments are complete, pending a specific launch date from SpaceX, with estimated service entry by late summer."
VS3-F2 activation expected in May 2026.
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Viasat's European Aviation Network (EAN) now offers better service over Serbia, thanks to some new cell tower activations.
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Airlines will soon have a LEO option for internet service in China, thanks to a deal between @panasonic.aero and Spacesail.
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Milestones in the #IFEC world: ThinKom is celebrating 10 years of the Ku3030.
This is the hardware behind 2Ku, arguably the first solution delivering streaming-quality services to passengers in flight. And it is still flying today, now operated by SES.
www.thinkom.com/news/10-year...
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Airbus announced plans to add the Chinese Spacesail (Qianfan) LEO constellation to its HPCplus portfolio, opening the door to conversations about how else it might end up in service for airlines.
#IFEC $GILT $TSAT
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Riyadh Air's A321neo fleet will fly with Neo Space Group's inflight internet service when they are delivered later this year.
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As Elon Musk and Michael O'Leary trade barbs online over potential inflight internet offerings the Ryanair boss is clear: He wants internet on the planes, so long as he doesn't have to pay for it.
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KLM passengers will have free inflight Wi-Fi across a large swath of the carrier's network starting this week.
#IFEC $VSAT
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KLM passengers will have free inflight Wi-Fi across a large swath of the carrier's network starting this week.
#IFEC $VSAT
#PaxEx #AvGeek
Swiss leisure carrier Edelweiss will update its A350 interiors, bringing a host of passenger-focused upgrades to the fleet. Among the new-to-Edelweiss options are a premium economy cabin and free inflight wi-fi for all travelers.
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I was 4/4 this past week on BA flights that should've had WiFi absolutely not working. Very not good for my productivity while traveling.
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A year ago one could confidently cite both IAG and Lufthansa Group as key customers of $VSAT's EAN.
IAG announced plans to deinstall the service last November, but LHG still had roughly 150 of planes under contract.
Soon neither will have that #IFEC service on board, swapping to Starlink.
