Focus: GCA Summit
June 6, 2018
American Airlines has a fleet of 950 aircraft that carried 200 million passengers in 2017, but how many of those passengers had a happy in-flight internet experience? Though that’s hard to say, the airline is hoping to improve the experience vastly into the future. In 2016 the international carrier agreed to a new contract with…
June 6, 2018
You might expect people speaking at the 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit to represent companies more invested in connectivity than any other. You might be surprised. While many passengers, especially Millennials, expect In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) on their flights, it can be difficult to make the business case that it’s a worthy investment for airlines, according…
June 5, 2018
Emirates Airlines Vice President Patrick Brannelly’s opening keynote speech at the 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit in San Diego, California, provided a brutally honest assessment of the entire airplane connectivity ecosystem; from service and solutions providers to industry buzzwords to overly ambitious technologies airlines are poised to add to their aircraft. The Middle Eastern carrier…