MEDIA COVERAGE

Oct 24, 2024

Service providers do measure IFC of their own volition, and have their own customized measurements in place.

That’s why airline members of Seamless approached the executive team with the idea that Seamless should be the neutral arm’s length provider of this data.

The alliance’s answer for members? Viper, a new Seamless software service that will measure inflight Wi-Fi performance for airlines by tracking and reporting on the performance of satellite networks.

July 24, 2024

In today’s connected world, staying online even when travelling at 9000 m is becoming increasingly important. ESA is working to advance in-flight connectivity through satellite technology, ensuring internet access in the air is as seamless as it is on the ground.

ESA has taken a significant step by signing a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) with the Seamless Air Alliance (SAA) on 24 July at the Farnborough International Air Show. The MoI, signed by Laurent Jaffart, ESA Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications, and Jack Mandala, CEO of SAA, aims to revolutionise in-flight connectivity and enhance the travel experience for millions of passengers worldwide.

June 11, 2024

The satellite industry is picking up the pace of innovation – new orbits, new managed services, new software-defined technology – to expand service offerings to more customers.

Meanwhile, the telecom industry, via its 3GPP initiative, continues to make progress in 5G standards and deployments throughout the world. Yet, the promise of large-scale deployment of 5G wireless networks that offer ubiquitous and reliable global coverage will require complementary networks in other domains – including SATCOM.

January 25, 2024

ST Engineering iDirect is in a unique position to support this burgeoning market, as both the market leader in satellite ground infrastructure across the mobility sector, and a prominent provider of aero modems. Indeed, the company is putting the building blocks in place right now to do just that. RGN interviewed a ST Engineering iDirect spokesperson to learn more.

January 18, 2024

On today’s episode, I am joined by Mark Cheyney, IFEC Strategy, Performance and Operations Manager from IAG Loyalty. Mark will share some interesting insights into the strategy and operational dynamics of IAG Connect, the team that functions as the technological backbone, seamlessly integrating IFEC solutions with each of the five airlines under the IAG umbrella.

5 November 2023

Growing in impact every day, the Seamless Air Alliance’s Architecture/Interoperability group — chaired by Airbus and Boeing — has assessed the satellite-based aero antenna market and recognized four antenna types:

March 16, 2023

When you board an aircraft, you should be able to use your smart phone largely in the same way that you do on the ground. But today, there are still certain barriers in place that prevent passengers from seamlessly connecting with all the contacts in their mobile devices whilst airborne. One reason is that onboard Wi-Fi has effectively won the aircraft equipage battle over inflight GSM, yet the former generally doesn’t yet support a totally frictionless experience for passengers.

February 23, 2023

A new collaboration is working to facilitate and accelerate the availability of seamless mobile roaming onboard commercial airlines. The partnership is between the Seamless Air Alliance, a body leading the development and implementation of global standards for inflight connectivity, and GSMA, an organisation working to unify the world’s mobile ecosystem.

February 21, 2023

Linking a cell phone plan to inflight internet service could get a little easier, thanks to a new partnership between the Seamless Air Alliance and the GSMA. The deal sits a level above the consumer/airline interaction. Instead, if focuses on enabling easier negotiation of contracts between airlines and mobile phone providers around the globe.

February 20, 2023

The Seamless Air Alliance, which continues to lead the development and implementation of Global Standards for Inflight Connectivity, and the GSMA, the global organisation unifying the world’s mobile ecosystem, are to collaborate to facilitate and accelerate the availability of seamless mobile roaming onboard commercial airlines.

November 10, 2022

Co-chairing the Seamless Air Alliance’s inflight connectivity interoperability working group, Airbus and new member Boeing are “both driving to the same goal” of making linefit IFC components more standard and interchangeable to ensure that airlines have the flexibility to swap or upgrade service if they see fit, member executives told Runway Girl Network at the APEX/IFSA Exhibition in Long Beach.

November 10, 2022

“Our providers say they’re meeting  our contracted service level agreement (SLA), but our customers say the performance isn’t there. Something doesn’t add up.” With that comment, Mark Cheyney, IAG Loyalty’s IFEC Strategy, Performance and Operations Manager, touched off an interesting debate among service providers at the APEX EXPO 2022 in Long Beach, California. What are the SLAs measuring, and can they be used to hold suppliers accountable? Or should they be dispensed with completely?

November 3, 2022

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Seamless Air Alliance revealed last week that a new research laboratory for measuring in-flight connectivity (IFC) performance has been established. United Airlines, Safran, Boeing, JetBlue, AT&T, Thales, Delta, and Airbus are just a few of the members of the Seamless Air Alliance (SAA), a nonprofit launched in 2018.

October 21, 2022

The Seamless Air Alliance, an organisation working to develop and implement global standards for inflight connectivity, has announced details behind the Working Group that is putting into action their vision to deliver flexible connectivity systems to airlines.

May 25, 2022

What does it take to define the quality of in-flight WiFi service? How about 340 pages of documentation and more than 500 metrics? That’s what the Seamless Air Alliance offer for airlines and suppliers alike in its new Inflight Connectivity (IFC) Analysis Toolkit.

May 25, 2022

With the aim of ensuring that airlines and suppliers can speak the same language when buying and selling inflight connectivity solutions, respectively, global standards group Seamless Air Alliance as expected has launched an IFC Analysis Toolkit that it says will help carriers “adopt vetted, trusted metrics for measuring and comparing IFC service quality in RFPs and performance management conversations”.

May 3, 2022

Fast-growing global inflight connectivity standards group, Seamless Air Alliance can now boast a membership roster that includes the two biggest commercial airframers in the world. Boeing has signed on as a member, joining what is rapidly becoming a ‘who’s who’ in industry, including founding members Airbus, Delta Air Lines, OneWeb, Sprint and Airtel.

April 29, 2022

Aircraft Manufacturer Boeing has joined a base of companies across the airline and communications industries including Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Safran, and Riverbed Technology as part of Seamless Air Alliance, a collaborative group aimed at solving issues of inflight mobile connectivity, as well as standardising it.

April 29, 2022

The aircraft manufacturer is joined by Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Safran, and Riverbed Technology in the Seamless Air Alliance, which aims to enable passengers to “board any flight, on any airline, anywhere in the world and use their own devices to automatically connect to the internet in the air as simply as they do on the ground”.

April 28, 2022

The Seamless Air Alliance announced it has added more members to its membership. Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, Boeing, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Safran, and Riverbed Technology have joined the growing membership base.

February 15, 2022

Seamless Air Alliance, which now counts JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa Group, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, IAG Group, Air France, GOL, Etihad Airways, Aeromexico and Delta as members, anticipates that airlines will use its now-in-the-works Seamless Release 4 (SR4) toolkit — including an inflight connectivity “design feature checklist” — when issuing requests for proposals for IFC, CEO Jack Mandala reveals.

November 25, 2021

APEX Expo is ready to welcome aviation professionals, including airline CEOs, executives, suppliers and decision-makers, who are keen to meet face-to-face for the first major in-person aircraft interiors and IFEC industry event to be held since the onset of the pandemic.

November 17, 2021

Following its completion of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard and OpenIFC API, Seamless Air Alliance today announced the completion of Seamless Release 3.

November 17, 2021

Seamless Air Alliance, which was founded by Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint and Airtel in 2018 to enable airlines to build agnostic in-flight connectivity (IFC) systems, has launched Seamless Release 3 (SR3), its third technical document.

November 17, 2021

Following its completion of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard and OpenIFC API, Seamless Air Alliance has announced the completion of Seamless Release 3.

November 16, 2021

The alliance’s latest development, Seamless Release 3 (SR3), was developed by 46 industry participants to provide a series of what it describes as “breakthrough discoveries” for measuring and managing the IFC experience. SR3 defines an automatic control system that compares QoS, QoE and user experience (UX) measures against an acceptable level of IFC product performance

November 16, 2021

Seamless Release 3 (SR3) provides another industry-first with a series of breakthrough discoveries for measuring and managing the IFC experience.

August 18, 2021

Passengers’ needs and expectations of IFEC systems are changing fast. Airlines must navigate technical and interoperability challenges to meet these needs – at a time when they are watching every dollar of expenditure. Let’s explore how airlines can future-proof their IFEC investments for a decade or more of passenger satisfaction.

March 1, 2021

In-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) is both a revenue driver and an important element of the passenger experience, Mark Cheyney, In-flight Connectivity Development Manager for Virgin Atlantic, said during a Connected Aviation Intelligence webcast session on Feb. 25.

February 17, 2021

All avenues of the aerospace industry are pacing towards digitalization, from passenger booking and handling to operations and maintenance. But while the initial phase of the value chain, namely on-ground operations, have begun benefitting from ongoing digitalization efforts, onboard systems have struggled to keep up.

December 1 2020

In advance of FTE APEX Virtual Expo, leaders from six of the event’s sponsors/exhibitors sat down with APEX Media for a series of video interviews to discuss the future of air travel and the industry in the wake of COVID-19. Here’s what they had to say in a nutshell.

March 2 2021

What a ride it has been…

Launched in 2018 by visionary founders Delta, Airbus, Sprint, Airtel and OneWeb, the Seamless Air Alliance ushered in a new era of Inflight Connectivity (IFC) with the ambitious goal to develop the first-ever comprehensive IFC standard.

October 30 2020

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Jack Mandala, CEO of Seamless Air Alliance, joins to discuss the organization’s latest in-flight connectivity standard, “OpenIFC” Release 2.

Seamless Air Alliance was established in 2018 by Airbus, Airtel, Delta, Sprint and OneWeb as a coalition with the goal of driving down the price and increasing the availability of in-flight connectivity service, technology and upgrades. Following its publication of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard earlier this year, Seamless Air Alliance, a global community of airlines and technology leaders driving solutions to advance inflight connectivity, today announced the completion of Seamless Release 2.0.

November 2 2020

A bevy of airlines, satellite operators and inflight connectivity stakeholders are progressing in their efforts to build a set of standards to ensure passengers can seamlessly access inflight Internet without logging in or providing credit card information, as enabled by their current mobile operators. Despite the COVID-19 crisis and associated shutdowns, the so-called Seamless Air Alliance has advanced in its work, telling Runway Girl Network it is gearing up to support a proof-of-concept for seamless roaming in early 2021.

October 20 2020

Seamless Air Alliance is making good on its promise to standardize the in-flight connectivity (IFC) ecosystem. Following on from Seamless Release 1 (SR1), its first set of technical documents published in February this year, the group has now issued Seamless Release 2.0 (SR2) to its members.

November 2 2020

The Seamless Air Alliance will support a proof-of-concept for seamless roaming in early 2021. The inflight connectivity approach also looks to set new standards to ensure enhanced Internet services.

October 24 2020

The Seamless Air Alliance has published Release 2.0, which the organization defines as “provided by each network component, enabling suppliers to design and build OpenIFC products using the modular architecture and open interfaces from its first release.”

October 23 2020

In this episode, hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller chat to special guest Philip Balaam, president of Inmarsat Aviation, about the company’s tie-up with Hughes to create a new in-flight connectivity solution, GX+ North America. Staying on the topic of in-flight Wi-Fi, the pair also discuss Seamless Air Alliance’s second set of guidelines for creating OpenIFC hardware.

October 21 2020

Following its publication of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard earlier this year, Seamless Air Alliance, a global community of airlines and technology companies working to advance IFC, has announced the completion of an update, named Seamless Release 2.0.

October 20 2020

Seamless Air Alliance announced (20-Oct-2020) the completion of Seamless Release 2.0, which defines the information provided by each network component, enabling suppliers to design and build ‘OpenIFC’ products using the modular architecture and open interfaces from its first release.

October 20 2020

Following its publication of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard earlier in the year, Seamless Air Alliance, a global community of airlines and technology leaders driving solutions to advance inflight connectivity, today announced the completion of Seamless Release 2.0.

October 20 2020

Following its publication of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard earlier this year Seamless air alliance a global community of airlines and technology leaders driving solutions to advance inflight connectivity, today announced the completion of Seamless Release 2.0.

October 21 2020

Following its publication of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard earlier this year, Seamless Air Alliance has completed Seamless Release 2.0.

This latest Release defines the information provided by each network component, enabling suppliers to design and build OpenIFC products using the modular architecture and open interfaces from its first release. Developed by airline industry experts, OpenIFC is set to become the preferred choice for every airline going forward.

October 22 2020

Following its publication of the world’s first inflight connectivity (IFC) standard earlier this year, Seamless Air Alliance, a global community of airlines and technology leaders driving solutions to advance inflight connectivity, today announced the completion of Seamless Release 2.0.

August 10 2020

With millions of people teleworking and using high-bandwidth applications to facilitate business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it stands to reason that travelers will have a far greater expectation for accessing robust inflight connectivity links when the airline industry recovers from the crisis.

August 4 2020

Airlines arguably generate more customer data than any other industry, and within this information lies enormous quantities of valuable intelligence that impacts operations, efficiency, and service. However, most still rely on the traditional in-flight retail model that was launched during the tourism boom of the 1980s. This means that the industry has been restricted in what they can do to capture and therefore, use their data in any meaningful way. Unfortunately, when planes land, what’s happened on that aircraft, stays on that aircraft, and is limited to the minds of its crew. Think of it as a ‘Vegas style’ of data capture.

However, times are changing.

July 2020

Over the last few years, in-flight connectivity (IFC) has been deployed across a significant portion of the global aircraft fleet and has gained traction due to the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth. Exorbitant charges for in-flight Wi-Fi access has been one of the biggest dissatisfactions with long-haul flights and has attracted lot of passenger criticism in the past. An appropriate technology complemented by the right business model can thus, be the raison d’etre for stoking passenger loyalty and showcasing customer experience leadership.

July 3 2020

The British government has led a successful consortium bid to acquire bankrupt satellite operator OneWeb, saying the move signals the UK’s ambition “to be a pioneer in the research, development, manufacturing, and exploitation of novel satellite technologies through the ownership of a fleet of Low Earth Orbit satellites”.

Business Secretary Alok Sharma confirmed the government will invest US$500 million to take a “significant equity share” in London-headquartered OneWeb, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York at the end of March.

January 12 2020

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July 2020

Connectivity is quickly becoming the centre point for nearly every aspect of business and social life around the world. The retail sector is increasing their efforts to offer the best in-house Wi-Fi available, and public areas are extending their connectivity reach every day in an effort to encourage more foot traffic. Even remote areas such as broadcasting towers, power stations and reactors are embracing connectivity through IoT solutions.

However, for the aviation industry, inflight connectivity (IFC) has never been a major priority.

May 7 2020

The bankruptcy of Seamless Air Alliance founding member OneWeb changes nothing about the grouping’s core mission or plans going forward. Indeed, work continues apace to build standards that will ensure passengers can ultimately seamlessly access inflight Internet without logging in or providing credit card information, as enabled by their current mobile operators.

“No impact from OneWeb, as you know we are 30+ members strong at this point,” said Jack Mandala, CEO of Seamless, which introduced its first inflight connectivity standard in February…

April 2 2020

For those in the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) value chain, one of the first priorities related to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is how to deal with existing contracts that in almost all cases have been voided connected aircraft are grounded. Most, if not all, airlines are unlikely to be in a position to pay even the smallest portion of the contracted IFC fees without planes in the air and with very little room for negotiation. This will very quickly hit service providers, especially those that have ongoing fees to pay to capacity owners. Even if the spread of COVID-19 is brought under control in the coming weeks, it is difficult to envision air travel demand returning to normal in 2020. We’re not talking about a short-term fix, but instead looking at renewed terms between all parties, perhaps an alternative approach to the long-term business model, and the possibility of vendors collapsing under the financial burden.

March 16 2020

On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft podcast, we spoke with Peter Lemme, an aviation industry consultant, blogger and former Boeing engineer who wears many hats including supporting the research and development of standards by the Seamless Air Alliance, which just published Release 1.0. Lemme provides a connected aircraft “Cybersecurity 101” style overview of what types of cyber risks and potential threats operators face as the deployment of in-flight connectivity and its use cases continue to advance and scale up across the globe.

February 18 2020

Seamless Air Alliance, the groundbreaking group founded in 2018 by Airbus, Airtel, Delta Air Lines, OneWeb and Sprint and which now boasts a ‘who’s who’ of members in the inflight connectivity industry, has published what it says is “the first-ever” standard for IFC. Release 1.0, which establishes a modular platform architecture for inflight connectivity, was agreed by Seamless members after two years of work involving monthly meetings at Airbus, Collins Aerospace and other member facilities, plus hardware testing at Sprint and elsewhere. ICF, a design company that specializes in design sprints, aided Seamless in helping to keep everyone organized and on track.

February 18 2020

Air travel and glitch-free internet access are often considered mutually exclusive, thanks to the technical difficulties associated with making Wi-Fi work at 40,000 feet. For the airlines, a satisfying online experience is even more elusive. The hardware, software, maintenance and inability to easily switch service providers combine for a very expensive headache. But there may be some good news on the horizon—a new era of ground-quality internet connectivity that could save carriers billions of dollars. The Seamless Air Alliance, a nonprofit group of 30 companies, says its new tech architecture will make in-flight connectivity systems modular, with open interfaces and components that can easily be swapped out.

February 26 2020

Inflight Wi-Fi is terrible. To be fair, the fact that we can connect to the Internet at all while we’re screaming across the sky at hundreds of kilometers an hour in a metal tube is pretty incredible. But still, the quality of that Internet connection often leaves something to be desired. Jack Mandala, the CEO of the industry group Seamless Air Alliance, credits the generally poor inflight Wi-Fi experience in part to the fact that there have never been industry-wide standards developed for the technology. “With regard to inflight connectivity, it’s largely just been proprietary equipment,” he says.

March 5 2020

A new in-flight connectivity (IFC) standard, Seamless Release 1.0, has been published by the Seamless Air Alliance to introduce the use of open interfaces such as Hotspot 2.0 and native cellular roaming for the functional components that allow airlines to give passengers access to the Internet.

February 18 2020

Can a standard component design give in-flight connectivity (IFC) the boost it needs to become a truly pervasive technology? The Seamless Air Alliance and its member companies believe so, having officially released the group’s first set of technical documents this week. Seamless Release 1 (SR1) aims to provide repeatable and measurable specifications for manufacturers, integrators and airlines to work with as they produce and install the next generation of IFC solutions.

February 19 2020

The first standard for inflight connectivity has just been developed by the Seamless Air Alliance – a cadre of international airlines, technology leaders and suppliers collaborating on connectivity innovation – with the aim of providing secure and hassle-free Internet in the aircraft cabin. The standard, named Seamless Release 1.0, is intended to enable long-term technical flexibility for airlines, provide a secure and easy-to-access service for passengers, and enable seamless roaming with mobile network operators.

February 18 2020

A collaboration between airlines and internet service providers has come together to improve in-flight Wi-Fi. They have created a modular system of hardware and software that can be rapidly upgraded as better, faster wireless options emerge.

February 20 2020

The Seamless Air Alliance has announced the very first standard for inflight connectivity. The standard will strive to set the bar for airlines and network operators to work towards in order to deliver a passenger experience that is seamlessly connected between the ground and the skies.

February 21 2020

The Seamless Air Alliance, a nonprofit group of 30 companies, is looking to improve airline in-flight WiFi services. The group is developing a new tech architecture by introducing a global standard, using protocols derived from cellular and WiFi industries.

February 21 2020

February 21 2020

Difficulties in providing Internet access during air travel arise due to both hardware and software, as well as service and the inability to easily switch between service providers. But on the horizon, a new era of terrestrial Internet connectivity can save billions of dollars for carriers. According to a 30-company Seamless Air Alliance nonprofit group, the new architecture will make in-flight communication systems modular with open interfaces and components that can be easily replaced.

February 28 2020

A new day may be coming regarding how air passengers access the Internet. The Seamless Air Alliance just published a new standard for inflight connectivity. This is something that has never been done before. Does that mean hassle-free Internet connectivity is coming to the skies? The first thing you may be wondering is exactly what the Seamless Air Alliance is all about.

February 28 2020

If planes were as reliable as in-flight Wi-Fi, we’d never get on a flight again. Fortunately, industry group Seamless Air Alliance is working to change that. The group operates under the mission of bringing “industries and technologies together to make the in-flight internet experience simple to access and delightful to use.” Its idea? To get rid of the toxic brew of current proprietary systems operated by each airline and instead establish a standard for in-flight Wi-Fi that can be flexibly swapped in and out to better allow airlines to respond as technology improves.

February 19 2020

A group of companies including Airbus and Delta Air Lines has published the first-ever standard for in-flight connectivity for airlines. The group, which calls itself the Seamless Air Alliance, has launched Seamless Release 1.0, which uses a modular structure based on open interfaces to enable rapid adoption of new technologies without requiring customisation or the complete replacement of equipment on the aircraft or fleet.

February 18 2020

A new milestone in providing secure and hassle-free Internet in the skies has been reached today as the Seamless Air Alliance published the first-ever standard for inflight connectivity.

February 20 2020

Air travel with high-speed internet access is still considered a fantasy due to the technical difficulties associated with Wi-Fi. Nowadays, this experience is often unpleasant for both passengers and airlines: providing Wi-Fi onboard is in almost 100% of cases a costly headache. But it could be changed soon if the nonprofit Seamless Air Alliance succeeds in creating a single in-flight communications standard.

February 24 2020

Seamless Air Alliance, an open, international collaboration of airlines, technology leaders, and suppliers, has published the first-ever standard for in-flight connectivity. The standardization will enable secure and hassle-free Internet access in flights. Developed in collaboration with industry experts across Seamless Air Alliance’s member companies, Seamless Release 1.0 establishes the world’s only Modular Platform Architecture for in-flight connectivity.

February 20 2020

It’s no secret that in-flight internet is not the greatest. FlyerTalkers discuss it at length in the forums, and we have almost all boarded a flight with either no internet or such spotty service that it isn’t worth the cost we paid. But perk up, would-be web browsers—there’s a new era of in-air internet service on the way that could be more reliable and cheaper. The optimism is thanks to a nonprofit coalition of 30 airlines, plane manufacturers, satellite companies, and internet equipment manufacturers, called the Seamless Air Alliance. They’re dedicated to making the future of flying an internet-friendly zone. The goal is to create a global standard, a technology architecture of non-exclusive internet networks.

March 6 2020

Ever on the hunt for a great bargain, billionaire investor Warren Buffett boosted his company’s stake in Delta Air Lines once again. Berkshire Hathaway acquired some 976,000 Delta shares last week for roughly $45.3 million, according to a filing on Monday, raising its total holdings to 17.9 million shares. This was enough to bring Buffett’s ownership of the U.S. long-haul carrier up to more than 11 percent. Once a critic of airline stocks, Buffett has become one of their greatest champions, noting the industry’s strong fundamentals and the fact that it’s protected by an economic moat.

February 18 2020

February 18 2020

Estaba previsto que se realizara en el marco del MWC 2020, pero tras su cancelación, la Seamless Air Alliance ha publicado el primer estándar para la conectividad a bordo de los aviones, un nuevo hito en la conectividad en los cielos.

February 18 2020

The Seamless Air Alliance has published what it is caling the first-ever standard for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). The standard – Seamless Release 1.0 – establishes a Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity. The Alliance said the system enables rapid adoption of new technologies without requiring customization or the complete replacement of equipment on the aircraft or fleet.

February 18 2020

Frequent flyers, your inflight connectivity experience is set to be even better soon. Earlier today, the Seamless Air Alliance published its first ever standard for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). This standard, called Seamless Release 1.0, puts in place a Modular Platform Architecture. With this system, new technologies can be adapted swiftly without the need for customization or total replacement of aircraft equipment.

February 19 2020

Star Alliance says new standard will make the process of installing new internet connectivity on-board aircraft easier and more cost-effective.

A group of companies including Airbus and Delta Air Lines has published the first-ever standard for in-flight connectivity for airlines. The group, which calls itself the Seamless Air Alliance, has launched Seamless Release 1.0, which uses a modular structure based on open interfaces to enable rapid adoption of new technologies without requiring customisation or the complete replacement of equipment on the aircraft or fleet.

February 19 2020

Seamless Air Alliance, a group having members like Virgin Atlantic, Vodafone, Airbus, Airtel and more have launched their Seamless Release 1.0, which is a standard aimed at providing in-flight internet connectivity to airplane passengers.

Seamless Air Alliance, which has Airbus, Virgin Atlantic, GOL, Delta, Collins Aerospace, Safran, ST Engineering and Aeromexico among its members, has introduced the world’s only Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity. The standard – Seamless Release 1.0 – enables long-term technical flexibility for airlines, provides a secure and easy-to-access service for passengers and opens the door to seamless roaming with mobile network operators.

February 25 2020

La Seamless Air Alliance è stata fondata da cinque società (Airbus, Airtel, Delta Air Lines, OneWeb e Sprint), alle quali se ne potranno aggiungere presto altre, secondo quanto dichiarato dai fondatori.

February 18 2020

Seamless Air Alliance published the first-ever standard for inflight connectivity, thus achieving a new milestone in providing secure and hassle-free Internet in the skies. Seamless Release 1.0 establishes the world’s only Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity. By using a modular structure based on open interfaces, the system enables rapid adoption of new technologies without requiring customization or the complete replacement of equipment on the aircraft or fleet.

February 19 2020

Seamless Air Alliance has unveiled new and “secure” architecture for inflight internet connectivity. Seamless Release 1.0 establishes the world’s only Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity. By using a modular structure based on open interfaces, the system enables rapid adoption of new technologies without requiring customization or the complete replacement of equipment on the aircraft or fleet, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

February 2020

The Seamless Air Alliance (SAA) published an inflight connectivity standard on February 18, intended to improve internet access to passenger on airplanes. In a statement the SAA said that the standard has been developed in collaboration with industry experts across the groups member companies. Titled Seamless Release 1.0, the SAA said it establishes the world’s only modular platform architecture for inflight connectivity.

February 19 2020

Seamless Air Alliance has announced the first standard for inflight connectivity to published the first-ever standard for inflight connectivity to open up new opportunities for airlines and mobile network operators, delivering a seamless ground-to-sky experience for passengers, while minimizing airline investments in technology upgrades, the company said.

Developed in collaboration with industry experts across Seamless Air Alliance´s member companies, Seamless Release 1.0 establishes the world´s only Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity.

March 3 2020

Internet access is often not possible without buffering and interruptions in air travel. But now it is also possible due to technology. Soon we will be able to enjoy the internet without interruption even at an altitude of 40 thousand feet above the ground. This will be possible by making changes to Wi-Fi technology. Now, airplane Wi-Fi at thousands of feet altitude will facilitate internet without interruption. In this era of competition, there is tremendous pressure on airlines to provide better exclusive services to their customers. But improving ‘quality of ground internet facility’ can save billions of dollars in maintenance expenses by reducing this pressure to a great extent.

Indeed, the ‘Seamless Air Alliance’, a non-profit group of 30 airlines companies, claims that their new technology will make the inboard Internet connectivity system modular with open interfaces and systems that can be easily swapped.

February 2020

Seamless Air Alliance has reached a new milestone in providing secure and hassle-free internet inflight. Developed in collaboration with industry experts across Seamless Air Alliance’s member companies, Seamless Release 1.0 establishes the world’s only Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity.

March 6 2020

In regulatory news, Seamless Air Alliance announced the world’s first inflight connectivity standards as a step toward providing secure internet in the skies.

February 18 2020

Landmark release will open up new opportunities for airlines and mobile network operators, delivering a seamless ground-to-sky experience for passengers, while minimizing airline investments in technology upgrades.

February 18 2020

Landmark release will open up new opportunities for airlines and mobile network operators, delivering a seamless ground-to-sky experience for passengers, while minimizing airline investments in technology upgrades.

California, USA, 18 February 2020: A new milestone in providing secure and hassle-free Internet in the skies has been reached today as the Seamless Air Alliance published the first-ever standard for inflight connectivity.

January 29, 2020

In-flight connectivity (IFC) is set for takeoff. After decades of high equipping costs during which passengers were reluctant to pay high prices for unreliable performance, airlines are optimistic that a new wave of technologies, moves to standardization, and the consolidation of operators with connectivity providers have potential to launch untapped revenues.

August 27, 2019

On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft Podcast, I spoke to Jack Mandala, CEO of the Seamless Air Alliance, about how their organization of more than 20 members, including Aeromexico, Airbus, Etihad Airways, Delta Air Lines, Sprint and more are developing open architecture standards for in-flight connectivity. The Alliance was launched in February 2018 with a goal of enabling airline passengers to use their connected devices in a seamless way on airplanes, without having to go through a complicated login process or paywall.

June 21, 2019

The Seamless Air Alliance (SAA), which aims to simplify inflight connectivity with a standard system that allows myriad components to automatically and interchangeably connect with each other, expects to have specifications for the system by the end of 2020…

June 20, 2019

The cohort that is Generation Z have known nothing but a lifetime of Wi-Fi, as this year marks the 20-year milestone of the technology. By the year-end, it’s predicted that cumulative device shipments will reaching 30 billion – more than 4 billion Wi-Fi devices will ship this year alone, expanding Wi-Fi’s installed base to over 13 billion. This year the Wi-Fi Alliance will introduce the latest generation of Wi-Fi – Wi-Fi 6 – which will begin to be integrated into more access points and consumer products, such as smart phones, to increase their speeds and performance and offer improved capabilities in congested environments including stadiums and aircraft. Such secure and seamless connections are at the heart of the Seamless Air Alliance’s recent demonstration of Hotspot 2.0 Wi-Fi services to support IFC…

June 17, 2019

The Seamless Air Alliance, with the support of its members GlobalReach Technology, Sprint and Boingo, has demonstrated secure and seamless connection to high-performance in-flight Wi-Fi using Hotspot 2.0 Wi-Fi services, during the opening day of the this year’s Paris Air Show…

June 15, 2019

The Seamless Air Alliance (SAA), committed to the development of open architecture platforms for next-generation in-flight connectivity, is demonstrating key technologies that will underpin those systems this week at the Paris Air Show 2019. Formed in early 2018, SAA (Hall 6 Booth B49) now has more than 20 members, including Airbus, Collins Aerospace, Delta Air Lines, Inmarsat, and Safran…

May-June 2019

May 01, 2019

A little more than one year after launching with a promise to vastly improve the inflight connectivity (IFC) experience through industry-wide collaboration, the Seamless Air Alliance has signed up 23 members and is preparing for its first technology demonstration later in 2019. The alliance—jointly founded by Airbus, Airtel, Delta Air Lines, OneWeb and Sprint—believes that standardization of IFC equipment will reduce installation and maintenance costs and drive down the cost of bandwidth…

April 15, 2019

April 2019

February 27, 2019

The Seamless Air Alliance has had a busy year since launching 12 months ago. It now has five times as many members as it did upon launching. By the end of 2019, it aims to demonstrate a working concept of how passengers will be able to connect to in-flight Wi-Fi without login pages or paywalls. The Seamless Air Alliance announced five new members during this week’s World Mobile Congress in Barcelona: Adaptive Channel, Etihad Airways, GlobalReach Technology, Safran and SITAONAIR…

March 4, 2019

There’s a theory to disconnect from mobile devices when travelling to allow a rest from work distractions, but there are ways to stay connected that make travelling easier and smarter. In fact, technology makes us better travellers. It can broaden our experiences, lighten the load, remove concerns and speed up the journey. This was on display at Mobile World Congress (MWC19) held February 25 – 28 in Barcelona, Spain…

March 3, 2019

Multiple inflight connectivity vendors have contributed equipment to the Seamless Air Alliance’s new research laboratory located at facilities provided by alliance member Sprint, Seamless CEO Jack Mandala tells Runway Girl Network. In a bid to pull together a skunkworks-type of team, Mandala during a December members meeting requested resources and time specifically from members that are actively participating in the group’s specification work…

February 27, 2019

Mobile technology is advancing rapidly towards the next big leap, with 5G networks promising vastly increased capacity, lower latency and faster speeds which will open up new opportunities for the Internet of Things, both on the ground and ultimately in the air. Readying to define the future, mobile phone manufacturers are introducing 5G devices. But are the skies prepared for passengers carrying 5G smartphones?

February 22, 2019

The Seamless Air Alliance is gaining further momentum towards launch, with the news that it has secured five new members: Etihad Airways, Safran, Adaptive Channel, GlobalReach Technology and SITAONAIR. The alliance is a global collaboration intended to enable travelers boarding any flight, on any airline, anywhere in the world, to use their own devices to automatically connect to the Internet with no complicated login process or paywall. In short, the goal is to make connectivity as easy and enjoyable in the skies as it is on the ground…

February 22, 2019

The Seamless Air Alliance created by founding members Airbus, Airtel, Delta Air Lines, OneWeb and Sprint is planning to make the inflight Internet experience simple to access and delight to use. Next week at Mobile World Congress, the Seamless Air Alliance will reveal progress on its mission toward enabling the next generation of inflight connectivity simple for commuters. These developments represent a huge leap towards the goal of making connectivity as easy and enjoyable in the skies as it is on the ground…

February 20, 2019

Next week at Mobile World Congress, the Seamless Air Alliance will reveal progress on its mission toward enabling the next generation of inflight connectivity. This follows a significant start for the Alliance, which has seen membership increase five-fold since the first meeting in June of last year. The Alliance has a new research laboratory setup and continues progress through its three working groups, writing specifications for the technology, requirements, and operations…

January 18, 2019

Airbus is mulling offering OneWeb-supported inflight connectivity on its airliners, including in the cockpit, company CEO Tom Enders confirmed during a media briefing this week in Mobile, Alabama, where the airframer broke ground on its new A220 assembly line.

November 22, 2018

Having only been gathering new members since June, the pieces of the puzzle that the Seamless Air Alliance needs to fulfill its goals are now on the board, and are enabling the nonprofit standards-based organization to show a rough idea what the end game looks like –  and how it plans to get there…

November 2018

According to the 21st edition of its report Satellites to be Built and Launched over the Next 10 Years, Euroconsult anticipates that 3,330 satellites with a mass over 50 kg will be launched on average each year by 2027 for government agencies and commercial organizations worldwide…

October 18, 2018

It’s easy – and even healthy – to be a bit skeptical about cutting-edge technology applications in aviation. Virtual Reality (VR) is an area that still seems to teeter between curiosity and doubt, but those who know the technology well feel it has legs to last beyond the hype, especially for applications that could benefit in the design, manufacturing and marketing process of cabin interiors.

October 1, 2018

Commercial aircraft cabins – long the domain of clunky internet, occasionally clogged lavatories and manual tray-table checks by busy flight attendants – may soon get a digital makeover.

That was the message from a leading aircraft manufacturer and many providers of in-flight entertainment this week at the Airline Passenger Experience Association’s annual expo, the event at which the industry rolls out its latest cabin concepts…

August 6, 2018

Since coming on the scene in February of this year, the Seamless Air Alliance has enjoyed a remarkable trajectory. Its founding members – Airbus, Airtel, Delta, OneWeb and Sprint – have added Aeromexico, Air France-KLM, Cyient, GOL, Intelsat, Nokia and Panasonic as ‘adopter members’, and Inmarsat Aviation, Kymeta and Latecoere as ‘associate members’…

July 18, 2018

LUXEMBOURG, 18 July 2018 – Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite solutions, announced that it has joined the Seamless Air Alliance, a [consortium] dedicated to the development and promotion of standards to facilitate a better, more seamless, inflight connectivity experience for passengers…

July 5, 2018

(Aviation Week & Space Technology) – Rockwell Collins and two unnamed satellite companies are the latest signatories to the Seamless Air Alliance, a group working to develop a set of standards aimed at making it smoother and easier for airline passengers to access the internet on their own devices…

July 2, 2018

(APEX) – APEX Insight: Every decade or so, a new generation of wireless network technology boosts speed and bandwidth to mobile devices.  But 5G isn’t just UX upgrade – it’s a quantum leap into the digital future.

Imagine a world where in-flight entertainment means high-definition, immersive virtual reality (VR) content or feature-rich multiplayer 3-D gaming. Where cabins are equipped with wireless temperature sensors and crew use augmented reality (AR) headsets to address passengers personally. And at airports, everything is accelerated – from luggage tracking to biometric passenger verification.

(APEX) – APEX Insight: The Seamless Air Alliance co-located its inaugural members’ meeting with the APEX Tech June 2018 conference in Los Angeles; it also sponsored the event.

The Seamless Air Alliance was officially launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year to enhance in-flight connectivity by extending passengers’ ground-based mobile internet experience…

June 5, 2018

(Avionics) – 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 industry buzzwords to overly ambitious technologies airlines are poised to add to their aircraft.

February 27, 2018

(NDTV Profit) – India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has joined a new global collaboration to bring high-speed and uninterrupted in-flight data connectivity to mobile customers. The global partnership Seamless Alliance, whose other founding members include OneWeb, Airbus, Delta and Sprint, will work towards leveraging satellite technology to offer high-speed data connectivity to mobile users even when they are up in the air, an Airtel statement said…

February 26, 2018

(Reuters) – European planemaker Airbus SE and U.S.-based Delta Air Lines Inc have formed an alliance with U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp, satellite startup OneWeb backed by Japan’s SoftBank, and India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd to develop in-flight 5G services, the companies said…

February 26, 2018

(The Register) – MWC18 Folk soon need not look up from their screens when boarding aircraft and wandering the aisles thanks to an alliance formed by OneWeb and Airbus to bring 5G roaming to the skies.

OneWeb, which hopes to launch the first of some 900 satellites into low Earth orbit this year aboard a Russian Soyuz-ST from the Korou Cosmodrome in French Guiyana, plan to make the announcement during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona…

February 26, 2018

(Daily Mail) – In-flight WiFi has become increasingly available on airplanes, but it’s also notoriously slow, expensive and spotty. Now, planemaker Airbus and Delta have partnered up with telecom giant Sprint, satellite startup OneWeb and India’s Bharti Airtel to develop WiFi on planes that can handle 5G connectivity speeds…

Feb. 25, 2018

(Wall Street Journal) – Airbus SE, Delta Air Lines Inc., Sprint Corp. and two U.S. satellite-services providers have kicked off an initiative to enhance internet access on airliners, inviting other companies to join voluntary efforts to upgrade global standards for airborne connectivity. ….