Member Testimonials – Seamless Air Alliance

While myself and Kontron are newer members of the SAA, we look forward to supporting the continuously evolving inflight connectivity sector of our industry. We are excited about the opportunities to work alongside partners in the alliance.

Yves Beaumont, Product Manager, Kontron

SAA is uniquely positioned to transform the way the Aviation Industry is addressing Connectivity performances focusing on Passenger Experience… SAA Working Groups allow Thales to have genuine exchanges with key players in the IFC Industry to consolidate important positions such as the deployment of Quality of Experience monitoring and reporting.

Arnaud Tonnerre, VP Technical Director, Thales Group

iDirect is a market leader in aeronautical connectivity, serving a large portion of the mobility market. We really think it’s our responsibility to be part of Seamless Air Alliance and to ensure that that onboard experience exceeds expectations.

Andrew Faiola, Head of Mobility at ST Engineering/iDirect

Membership of the Seamless Air Alliance gives Vodafone the opportunity to contribute in the ground-breaking standardisation work that the Alliance is developing.

Sherif Bakir, CEO of Vodafone Roaming Services

As someone that is passionate about IFC and understands first-hand the challenges that airlines and our customers face on a day-to-day basis, participation in this group has been important

Mark Cheyney, Inflight Connectivity Development Manager, Virgin Atlantic

As a former employee at both an airline and a connectivity provider, I have experienced the challenges involved with providing a reliable connectivity experience to passengers

Brian Kirby, Senior Technical Product Manager, Telesat

The work we have carried out at Seamless Air Alliance is a massive step forward for the industry. Being able to be part of this process is huge.

George Nicola, Aero UT Product Delivery Manager, OneWeb

SAA will bring various benefits to MNOs by standardizing Inflight connectivity (IFC) and accelerating the growth of the IFC industry

Yosuke Ishihama, Non-Terrestrial Network Solutions, SoftBank Corp.

The need to enhance the customer experience through effective QoS and QoE management is what I’m most interested in with the Seamless Air Alliance

Eric Li, Senior Principal VSAT Systems Engineer, Intelsat

Gilat sees the Seamless Air Alliance group as one of the leading committees in contributing and defining technologies to be used onboard airplanes

Gil Elizov, Head of Products, Gilat Satellite Networks

I believe the work Seamless Air Alliance is doing is going to lead to the creation of a solid standard that is going to be followed by the key players in the industry.

Alejandro Wainshtok, Senior Product Architect, SES Networks