Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Gogo is officially out of the commercial aviation in-flight connectivity business. The company closed its $400 million cash transaction with Intelsat early Tuesday morning, making good on a promise from two weeks ago to complete the deal in early Decem…
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Intelsat closes on Gogo Commercial Aviation buyout
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Gogo is officially out of the commercial aviation in-flight connectivity business. The company closed its $400 million cash transaction with Intelsat early Tuesday morning, making good on a promise from two weeks ago to complete the deal in early Decem…
OneWeb emerges from bankruptcy, ready to launch
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
OneWeb emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday, poised to resume satellite launches and bring is constellation into service. The company also has a new CEO, and a satellite production facility that won’t be moving to the UK after all.
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OneWeb emerges from bankruptcy, ready to launch
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
OneWeb emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday, poised to resume satellite launches and bring is constellation into service. The company also has a new CEO, and a satellite production facility that won’t be moving to the UK after all.
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Viasat buys out Eutelsat KA-SAT stake, European wholesale operations from
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
We’re a couple years out from the ViaSat-3 satellite delivering a massive boost in Ka-band satellite capacity over Europe, but Viasat is ready to scale up its offerings on the continent. The company will buy out Eutelsat’s stake in their joint venture …
Gogo to Intelsat: Speedy Delivery!
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
When Intelsat announced plans to buy the Gogo Commercial Aviation (CA) business the plan called for an early 2021 closing. The pair now expect the deal to close in December 2020.
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American Airlines launches new WiFi subscription plans
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Over the summer American Airlines promised new WiFi subscription plans were coming. Now they’re here, with the company selling them directly rather than depending on a third party.
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American Airlines launches new WiFi subscription plans
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Over the summer American Airlines promised new WiFi subscription plans were coming. Now they’re here, with the company selling them directly rather than depending on a third party.
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Gogo sees strong BizAv driving recovery
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
The business aviation segment shows strong signs of recovery, leading inflight connectivity provider Gogo to a certain amount of optimism as it reports Q3 earnings. The company still lost money in the quarter, but with the private jet market rebounding…
A slimmed down Rouge returns to service
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
A slimmed down fleet and route network are in play for Air Canada’s Rouge arm as it returns to operations this week.
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A slimmed down Rouge returns to service
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
A slimmed down fleet and route network are in play for Air Canada’s Rouge arm as it returns to operations this week.
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Inmarsat, GDC, ThinKom update GX antenna, terminal options
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Airlines looking at the Inmarsat GX Aviation network have a new option for the antenna and terminal bits, supported by ThinKom and GDC Technics.
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Global Eagle charts a new course out of Chapter 11
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
As Global Eagle finalizes its financial plans for emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection there are plenty of questions about what the future of the company will look like. Fortunately the most critical issue is easy to answer: The Albatross te…
Global Eagle charts a new course out of Chapter 11
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
As Global Eagle finalizes its financial plans for emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection there are plenty of questions about what the future of the company will look like. Fortunately the most critical issue is easy to answer: The Albatross te…
The Weekly Wrap: GX+ North America and Spirit’s New Loyalty Program
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
In this edition of The Weekly Wrap we’re chatting with Philip Balaam, president of Inmarsat Aviation, about the company’s tie-up with Hughes to create a new in-flight connectivity solution, GX+ North America. Plus FreeSpirit, OpenIFC, and showers in t…
Inmarsat launches GX+ North America expansion with Hughes
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
The Inmarsat network just got a lot larger. The satellite connectivity provider is teaming with Hughes to bring the JUPITER High Throughput Satellite Ka-band constellation into the GX Aviation network, a major boost to capacity as the company seeks to …
JetBlue’s first A220 emerges with a new tail design
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Welcome “Hops” to the JetBlue tail design collection. The new art appeared on the carrier’s first A220-300 as it emerged from the paint shop in Mobile, Alabama this week.
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JetBlue’s first A220 emerges with a new tail design
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Welcome “Hops” to the JetBlue tail design collection. The new art appeared on the carrier’s first A220-300 as it emerged from the paint shop in Mobile, Alabama this week.
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Solving the Thales Ka-band antenna conundrum
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Rip-and-replace is rarely good news for an on-aircraft hardware system. But there’s at least one big winner with the latest revision to the Thales Ka-band in-flight connectivity offering. The Thinkom ThinAir Ka2517 has been confirmed on an Spirit Airli…
Solving the Thales Ka-band antenna conundrum
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Rip-and-replace is rarely good news for an on-aircraft hardware system. But there’s at least one big winner with the latest revision to the Thales Ka-band in-flight connectivity offering. The Thinkom ThinAir Ka2517 has been confirmed on an Spirit Airli…