Boeing and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to implement connectivity modifications across Virgin Atlantic\u2019s fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The upgrades will enhance onboard internet connectivity, bringing high-speed, streaming-quality Wi-Fi to passengers. The services agreement was announced at MRO Europe on Oct. 15.<\/p>\n
READ:\u00a0Virgin Atlantic to introduce Starlink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPartnering with Boeing to bring Starlink\u2019s next-generation connectivity to our 787 fleet is another important step in creating a \u2018home away from home\u2019 experience for every customer,\u201d said Corneel Koster, Chief Customer and Operating Officer, Virgin Atlantic. \u201cTogether, we\u2019re transforming how our customers stay connected in the skies \u2013 with low latency, super high speed Wi-Fi, better than what most customers experience on the ground to make flying on Virgin Atlantic even more of a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Corneel Koster to succeed Shai Weiss at Virgin Atlantic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As part of the modifications, Boeing will install a new antenna fairing designed to accommodate Electronically Steered Phased Array (ESA) antennas. Together with an ESA, the fairing, called the Boeing Aerodynamic Shroud, supports Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and multi-orbit connectivity.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re witnessing rapid advances in satellite and antenna technology, and we\u2019re proud to provide our OEM-backed engineering expertise and hardware that will enable Virgin Atlantic to bring faster, more reliable connectivity to their 787 Dreamliner fleet,\u201d said Doug Backhus, vice president of Cabin, Modifications and Maintenance for Boeing Global Services.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Virgin selects Boeing for Starlink IFC modifications<\/a> appeared first on Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boeing and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to implement connectivity modifications across Virgin Atlantic\u2019s fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The upgrades will enhance onboard internet connectivity, bringing high-speed, streaming-quality Wi-Fi to passengers. The services agreement was announced at MRO Europe on Oct. 15. READ:\u00a0Virgin Atlantic to introduce Starlink \u201cPartnering with Boeing to bring Starlink\u2019s next-generation connectivity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}