ConnectivityWatch: 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit Highlights 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit attendees from Airbus, Alaska Airlines, Southwest, Delta, Nigerian Communications Satellite and more talk about why they attended this year's event.
ConnectivityWatch: Avionica, Cactus Aero, Esterline CMC and More At the 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit, avionics manufacturers, suppliers and more gave their perspectives on where they see the concept of the "connected aircraft" going in the future. Below are interviews…
Embedded AvionicsHow ACARS Will Evolve, Not Disappear, With Transition to IPS The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) will not disappear in 2025 — or 2030 for that matter. Today, ACARS is well known by flight operations engineers as the character-based messaging…
CommercialSecure Aviation Requires a Connected Industry Alaska Airlines is no longer an airline. That’s according to Jessica Ferguson, Alaska’s director of security architecture. It’s now “a technology company that flies planes.” Delivering a keynote speech at this week’s…
ConnectivityWhat Is Connectivity Worth? You might expect people speaking at a 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…
ConnectivityEmirates VP Talks Cost and Flexibility in Connected Airplanes Emirates Airlines VP Patrick Brannelly’s opening keynote speech at the 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit provided a brutally honest assessment of the entire airplane connectivity ecosystem, from service and solutions providers to…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Seek Flexibility in Connected Airframes Airbus and Boeing hold the aviation industry’s most unique perspective and position within the global connected aircraft ecosystem. The two OEMs build the airframes within which all of the links, modems, antennas…
ConnectivityAircraft Connectivity, Cybersecurity Discussion to Make its Way to San Diego Facebook, Netflix, Google and Visa are all talking about connectivity. More specifically, leaders from those four industry giants talked about connectivity during the Global Connected Aircraft Summit in June in Arlington, Virginia.…
Connectivity2017 GCA Summit: Conceptualizing Aviation IOT Keynote speeches from Google, Facebook, Netflix and Visa at the 2017 Global Connected Aircraft Summit (GCAS) showed how aviation’s internet of things (IOT) age is becoming a reality. Facebook wants to use…
ConnectivityAeromexico Pioneers IFEC, Connectivity 2.0 in LatAm Aeromexico is one of the pioneers in Latin America for bringing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services to passengers. For example, the airline has done a deal with Netflix which enables passengers to access…