Yesterday Continental announced it is going to install Ka-band connectivity from LiveTV. This means about 200 US domestic airplanes (737 and 757) are going to be able to offer Internet connectivity as this process gets rolled out. The story is…
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) last week announced that it signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to provide communications systems for COMAC’s C919. While final terms are still being negotiated, the LoI allows the…
On Friday we had a chance to speak with AirCell’s, Norman Smagley, Executive Vice President and CFO. The firm has just announced another round of successful financing for $35m from its investors, this being added to $500m already invested in…
Christian Korfgen, Lufthansa VP Product Management & Innovation discusses the launch of FlyNet high above the North Atlantic on the media flight. Behind him, all through the nearly seven hour flight, journalists were doing interviews and publishing stories – all…
Panasonic Avionics CEO Paul Margis discusses the impact of the connected airplane from an airline operational aspect. We all know what its like for a passenger, but for an airline having this technology is truly empowering in many ways for…
Lufthansa A340 Captain Andreas Ritter explains what an EFB is and why they are so useful to pilots. This particular technology is having a huge impact on improved flight efficiency and you can immediately see why continuous updates via a…