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Gogo has announced a new Major Capacity Agreement with satellite company Intelsat on the Intelsat Globalised Network, becoming the anchor tenant for the world’s first GEO/LEO Shared Network, Intelsat/OneWeb.
“Gogo’s open strategy gives us the ability to look to the entire satellite market for innovation, and Intelsat’s EpicNG satellites combined with OneWeb’s LEO constellation offers numerous advantages for aviation,” said Gogo’s president and CEO, Michael Small.
Emirates takes us on a quick guided tour of its new two-class A380 aircraft.
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Global Eagle Entertainment’s Entertainment in Motion (EIM) division–distributor of film and television content airlines around the world–has announced that it struck a new global licensing agreement… Read More »GEE’s Entertainment in Motion Will Put Starz in the Skies
Thales’ AVANT Android based system offers a flexible architecture which allows Singapore Airlines to constantly introduce and easily integrate the latest apps their customers demand.
The fleet will be equipped with Thales latest AVANT monitors, which are the most lightweight ever deployed in the market, and feature full high-definition video and an integrated Avii, Thales’ most modern Android smartphone-like touch controller, in premium cabins. Navigating menus with Avii is intuitive and the device can act as a second screen so passengers can, for example, watch a film on the big screen while playing one of the game apps on the handset or monitoring the flight map.
The new ANA Sky Live TV offers three channels of Japanese news, sports and popular programming from JSAT Corporation’s Sky PerfecT! platform.
Passengers will enjoy general sports programming with Nettle G+, follow news updates from Nippon TV News 24, and watch live football programming on Sukasaka!.
ANA will also offer passengers high-speed onboard Wi-Fi for email, to browse the Internet, or to stay in touch with family, friends, and social media networks. The new Wi-Fi service will also stream music, television shows, and other content direct to passengers’ devices.
Read More »ANA and Panasonic Partner to Offer Wi-Fi and Live TV Inflight
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I say you can keep your 1950s flight. It’s the sustainable 2050 flight that I’m looking forward to.