Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Panasonic Avionics has entered the next stage of its in-flight connectivity solution evolution, with activation of the first extreme high throughput satellite (XTS). The APSTAR-6D satellite launched last summer and is now ready to serve airline custome…
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Panasonic Avionics activates first XTS payload, boost connectivity capacity in Asia
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Panasonic Avionics has entered the next stage of its in-flight connectivity solution evolution, with activation of the first extreme high throughput satellite (XTS). The APSTAR-6D satellite launched last summer and is now ready to serve airline custome…
Panasonic Avionics bucks consolidation trend, dumps ITC Global
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
What’s NEXT for Panasonic Avionics? The company sold off its ITC Global maritime connectivity group this week, redoubling its focus on in-flight connectivity. That approach is counter to what many of its competitors are pursuing, however, raising a num…
An electrified experience: PaxEx Update – 13 Dec 2019
Electric aircraft are really real and the Embraer E2 family is complete. Plus a ton of good news for Airbus and an incremental eventual win for inflight connectivity.
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An electrified experience: PaxEx Update – 13 Dec 2019
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Electric aircraft are really real and the Embraer E2 family is complete. Plus a ton of good news for Airbus and an incremental eventual win for inflight connectivity.
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Panasonic Avionics confirms Eutelsat 10B as second XTS satellite partner
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Panasonic Avionics (PAC) plans a significant boost to its Ku-band satellite capacity from 2022. The company confirmed a contract for multiple gigahertz of capacity on both multi-beam payloads of the Eutelsat 10B satellite slated for launch in three yea…
PaxEx Premium: Mitigating the loss of Intelsat 29e for inflight connectivity
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Last week’s anomaly on the Intelsat 29e satellite took the Ku-band system temporarily offline. Further details now suggest that a recovery is increasingly unlikely. While that has a short-term impact on the inflight connectivity market a deeper review …
A few firsts on Juneyao’s premier Dreamliner
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Adding a new type to an airline’s fleet is interesting in its own right. China’s Juneyao Airlines added the 787-9 Dreamliner last week and it is more significant than most similar expansions, both for passengers and China’s aviation industry growth.
Th…
Pitching inflight wifi to NEOS: A look at the options
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
How does an airline go about comparing the inflight wifi connectivity options available on the 787 Dreamliner? Lots of contract details about pricing and delivery timeframes are certainly critical, but occasionally the data is summed up into two slides…