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SpaceX’s Starlink is in talks with ‘several’ airlines for in-flight Wi-Fi

The Verge

The team behind SpaceX’s growing satellite internet network Starlink is in talks with “several” airlines to beam internet to their airplanes, the project’s vice president said during a conference panel on Wednesday. Like those consumer antennas, the aviation hardware will be designed and built by SpaceX, he said. Timeline TBD.

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Electronic bag tags are ready for take-off: Here’s what we learned on multiple flights with one

GeekWire

Alaska Airlines has made electronic bag tags available to elite Mileage Plan members, with a broader rollout planned in the first half of this year. Walking into Sea-Tac Airport for a Friday afternoon flight, I glanced smugly at the people huddled around the Alaska Airlines self-serve kiosks to print bag tags. Alaska is the first U.S.

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Gulf Air refreshes storage and server farm hardware with Dell EMC

Computer Weekly

Airline completes major project to revamp its storage infrastructure with Dell EMC technologies

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Understanding the business of the airline industry As previously mentioned, the revenue streams are becoming diversified in the airline sector.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of April 30, 2023

GeekWire

… Read More ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight Executives from ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines joined elected officials in Everett, Wash., on Monday to kick off an effort to electrify and fly the largest zero-emissions aircraft yet.

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FAA’s go-ahead for 737 MAX’s return to flight kicks off a massive software upgrade

GeekWire

The key fixes involve software rather than hardware — and that part of the job is more like installing a Windows update than installing an actuator. Now it’s up to the airlines to install the software, and have the fixes verified electronically by FAA inspectors.

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Google won’t give old Pixels the best 5G, even though it admits it could

The Verge

Google says it doesn’t plan to update the software for the Pixel 4a 5G , 5 , or 5a to support C-band 5G in the US, despite also saying that the phones have the necessary hardware and that the functionality will work in other countries. The company loved pointing this out during the 5G debacle with the FAA, carriers, and airlines.).

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