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Alaska Airlines and Intelsat to roll out next-gen satellite WiFi on regional jets starting in 2024

GeekWire

An electronically steered antenna, the flat structure atop the fuselage of the jet in this photo, will connect with both geostationary and low-Earth orbit satellites to enable high-speed internet service on Alaska/Horizon regional jets. The system is expected to debut starting in 2024 on Alaska Airlines sister airline Horizon Air.

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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.

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You can’t make fun of Gogo’s airline internet anymore — because it changed the name

The Verge

But now, you’ll have to direct your anger at Intelsat instead: it’s the new name of the consumer chunk of the inflight internet company. Last month, Starlink’s VP publicly revealed SpaceX is in talks with several airlines and is designing its own airborne antennas. Not all Gogo was equal.

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Boeing gets green light for satellite internet constellation

The Verge

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized a satellite internet project from Boeing first proposed in 2017. Boeing can now move forward with building, launching, and operating its own broadband internet network from space, joining its main aerospace competitor SpaceX.

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Gogo is trying to sell its commercial in-flight internet business

The Verge

In-flight internet provider Gogo is trying to sell its commercial airline business as it continues to lose money during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Monday. Gogo is not alone; Global Eagle, which handles in-flight Wi-Fi for Southwest Airlines, filed for bankruptcy last month.).

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

CIO Business Intelligence

Instead, the publicly held operator of Cathay Pacific Airlines and HK Express is shifting from migration to optimization mode in an effort to wrest additional benefits from its all-in cloud transformation. It will replace the standard MPLS network, he adds. At the same time, enterprises are increasingly pursuing zero-trust strategies.

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Mapping the progress of Air New Zealand’s digital rebuild

CIO Business Intelligence

As lean as things got, that time afforded the opportunity to rebuild by flipping the script: Air New Zealand was going to become a digital company that happened to be an airline, rather than an airline with a digital department. This is a chance to start practicing what an airline of the future could look like.