Focus: Land Mobility

United Airlines will add up to 19 channels provided by XM Satellite Radio to the airline’s in-flight entertainment offerings, United announced March 2. Financial terms of the deal were not […]

Qatar Airways announced June 19 it would be the first international airline to install live onboard satellite television as part of a $100 million agreement with Lufthansa Technik. The service […]

Qatar Airways announced June 19 it would be the first international airline to install live onboard satellite television as part of a $100 million agreement with Lufthansa Technik. The service […]

Connexion by Boeing signed an agreement with its first ever maritime customer and added another airline to its satellite Internet service, the business unit of Boeing announced. Teekay Shipping Corp. […]

Connexion by Boeing signed an agreement with its first ever maritime customer and added another airline to its satellite Internet service, the business unit of Boeing announced. Teekay Shipping Corp. […]

A system that would allow airline passengers to use GSM wireless phones moved a step closer to reality last week when Arinc and Telenor, two companies partnered to deploy such […]

Canadian North Airlines will use Iridium Satellite LLC’s global satellite network for flight data applications, the Mobile Satellite Services provider said. Canadian North will be installing the Iridium-based AFIRS data […]

Canadian North Airlines will use Iridium Satellite LLC‘s global satellite network for flight data applications, the Mobile Satellite Services provider said. Canadian North will be installing the Iridium-based AFIRS data […]

Aloha Airlines equipped 12 planes in its fleet with AFIRS satellite data-collection and transmission systems from AeroMechanical Services Ltd. The AFIRS system uses satellite service provided by Iridium to transmit […]

China Airlines (CAL) became the latest customer of Connexion by Boeing by signing a letter of intent to obtain high-speed connectivity for travelers on the airline’s flights in and out […]

Japan Airlines (JAL) has agreed to install Connexion by Boeing‘s satellite-based mobile broadband service on JAL’slong-haul fleet of 68 aircraft. JAL is the Asian launch customer for the Connexion by […]

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has selected Connexion by Boeing as its provider of high-speed Internet access on board its long-haul flights. The letter of intent agreement calls for the Connexion by […]

Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC has been awarded a contract from Saudi Arabian corporate jet operator National Air Services (NAS) to provide GlobalLink radio and satellite communications for its fleet of Boeing […]

Delta Air Lines‘ [NYSE: DAL] new low-fair airline Song plans in October to begin offering satellite TV service to passengers. Song is partnering with Matsushita Avionics Systems and EchoStar Communications […]

A passenger onboard a recent bmi flight from Chicago to Manchester, England, became the first commercial airline passenger to have an electrocardiogram in flight with data from the procedure transmitted […]

Boeing has already launched its Connexion system for broadband communications to business aircraft, and at the Farnborough Air Show last month presented its development as a commercial system for the […]

A new study from Mountain View, Calif.-based Frost & Sullivan titled "World Airport Ground Equipment Markets" envisions a huge market for GPS-based landing systems. The study says that the biggest […]