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Southwest’s Crisis Is A Lesson For Innovators

Forrester IT

Southwest Airline's 2022 holiday travel disaster happened because the airline became a victim of its own success. It failed to realize that the analysts, data and software requirements for maintaining its point-to-point network needed constant upgrading, preferring instead to return profits to shareholders via stock buy backs.

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New EU legislation allows airlines to provide in-flight 5G connectivity

TechSpot

On Thursday, the European Commission announced that EU-based airlines will now be allowed to provide in-flight wireless 4G and 5G access for all passengers. Once implemented, passengers can use their mobile devices in the same ways as any ground-based mobile network while in flight. Goodbye airplane mode; we can't say.

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Alaska Airlines adopts edge analytics solution for enhanced real-time and passenger data collaboration

Tech Republic Big Data

Alaska Airlines has become the first U.S. airline to invest in a frontline crew analytics app that works without network connectivity. The post Alaska Airlines adopts edge analytics solution for enhanced real-time and passenger data collaboration appeared first on TechRepublic. What can it do?

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

GeekWire

(Intelsat Photo) Alaska Airlines will invest $25 million to upgrade its regional jets with a new WiFi system from Intelsat capable of download speeds in the hundreds of megabits per second, using both traditional geostationary and new low-Earth orbit satellites. Intelsat’s system uses the OneWeb LEO satellite network for connectivity.

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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. Competition is fierce between Musk’s Starlink network and the growing industry of low-orbit satellite internet providers.

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Frontier’s acquisition of Spirit means there’s one fewer cheap airline

The Verge

Frontier and Spirit claim they will become “America’s most competitive ultra-low fare airline.” | Photo by Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images. Frontier Airlines plans to acquire Spirit Airlines, both of which are known for offering cheaper flights than other airlines, in a deal worth $6.6

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American Airlines Adopts Public Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

Just like Americas aging physical infrastructure, the airlines are suffering from years of minimal investment in their information technology. ExpressJet, March 20, 2017 - A system-wide outage at ExpressJet delayed flights it operates as Delta, United, and American Airlines for hours. JetBlue, Feb. I look forward to the stampede.

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