China Southern Airlines has chosen SES to serve as its managed service provider (MSP) to power Ka-band satellite-supported inflight connectivity on 30 Airbus A350-900 twinjets which are earmarked to r...

Thai Airways International and Turkish Airlines have signed on for supplier-furnished HBCplus Ka-band satellite IFC from Airbus.

Airbus and Spacesail, a leading Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operator, announced a strategic partnership to integrate Spacesail’s advanced LEO connectivity into Airbus’ HBCplus inflig...

Airbus introduces HBCplus, a modular connectivity system enabling multi-orbit satellite access and flexible upgrades by 2028.

Still in the world of Satellite communications,  Airbus and Hughes Network Systems have signed an agreement for Hughes Network Systems to become a member of Airbus’ HBCplus Ka-band offering. This follows an MoU announcement with Hughes at last year’s AIX Expo and makes Hughes Network Systems the latest Managed Service Provider (MSP) to join the Airbus catalogue. […] The post AIX25: Airbus and Hughes Network Systems formalise offering on HBCplus appeared first on Economy Class & Beyond.

The Viasat GX Aviation network has been the constellation of choice for more than 100 aircraft in the Airbus HBCplus program, which made the news of it being removed from offerability last week at AIX all the more interesting.

Airbus and Amazon are working to enhance Airbus’ High Bandwidth Connectivity Plus (HBCplus) programme offerings with high speed, low-latency low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite inflight connectivity service (IFC) from Project Kuiper, Amazon’s satellite internet network. Tim Sommer, Airbus VP, Head of Connected Aircraft Programme and Dr Dylan Browne, Global Head of Mobility Connectivity at Amazon Project Kuiper Following a recently signed MoU, Airbus and Amazon plan to integrate Project Kuiper’s connectivity solution into the Airbus line-fit and retrofit aircraft catalogue of managed service providers. This will give Airbus customers the option of using Project Kuiper’s IFC service to enrich passengers’ onboard experience and optimise flight operations.

Airbus has been selected by Delta Air Lines to equip its 20 new A350-1000s on order, leveraging Airbus’ HBCplus.

The Airbus HBCplus program now has Ku-band service providers confirmed. Intelsat and Panasonic Avionics will participate in the program, offering connectivity services for aircraft fitted with the Air...

IFC upstart NEO Space Group now has two named customers, Airbus has its first SES-aligned customers for HBCplus, and passengers should soon have better internet on board.