[CORRECTED HEADLINE] Aircell has completed its acquisition of the Airfone business unit of LiveTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corp....More
Mobile satellite communications specialist Inmarsat is preparing to launch three Ka-band I-5 satellites, tipped to be the next major step change for inflight entertainment and connectivity....More
Lufthansa Systems is in final customer negotiations for its BoardConnect wireless inflight entertainment (IFE) system following a series of airline trials....More
Oman Air is interested in Ka-band connectivity to provide the carrier with greater bandwidth; however, the move would require its aircraft to be equipped with a new antenna....More
Onboard life has changed dramatically with Internet, LED and wireless cellular technology delivering what passengers increasingly expect—the same level of connectivity, comfort and entertainment at 30,000 feet as they have in their homes....More
Over the years, an airline flight came to be seen by many travelers, especially business passengers, as a reprieve from the constant communications that have become a common part of modern life. In a sense, the aircraft itself also was on a communications reprieve. While pilots and radar kept planes in contact with ATC, information about the aircraft’s condition and precise navigation was usually not available while a flight was in the air....More
Transaero Airlines is acquiring Rockwell Collins PAVES high definition media server (HDMS) and entertainment control panel (ECP) for retrofit on eight Boeing 767s....More
The US should look to what’s happening at airports worldwide and think bigger and more strategically about how its airports can best raise the investments necessary to keep them competitive on a global scale, the head of the Airports Council International said Monday....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
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