American Airlines has announced that it will offer high-speed Wi-Fi on nearly 500 regional aircraft. The airline says that this will make high–speed connectivity available on more aircraft than any other domestic airline.
Over the next two years, the airline will introduce high-speed Wi-Fi on the dual-class regional aircraft operated on its behalf. American is working to extend its relationship with Intelsat with the plan to install new high-speed Wi-Fi capability on nearly 500 regional aircraft beginning next year.
Currently, American offers high-speed Wi-Fi on more than 900 mainline aircraft. The objective is to bring the total number of satellite-connected aircraft to more than 1,400 once the planned updates to regional aircraft are complete.
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Inflight connectivity technology continues to evolve rapidly across the airline industry. Intelsat’s Electronically Steered Array (ESA) antennae is unique because it is multi-orbit, interoperating on both Intelsat’s family of geo-stationary satellites and on a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, providing low latency high-speed internet connection to passengers.
This new technology will allow these regional aircraft to match fast Wi-Fi speeds that are currently available on American’s mainline aircraft.
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