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FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"
News The 787, which seats up to 381 passengers, is set to become Boeing's second most popular plane after the 737 with almost half of Qantas's 51 orders from Boeing made up of 787s. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revealed it fears... [07 Jan 2008]
In-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News No-frills airline Ryanair will be the first fleet deployment of the technology across its Boeing 737 planes. A picocell located on board the Airbus aircraft will pick up mobile phone signals via a 'leaky cable' antenna running along the length of... [19 Jun 2007]
Emirates joins in-flight mobile gang
News The first Emirates plane to bear the Aeromobile kit, a Boeing 777, could be in the air with mobile service from January, pending regulatory approval. Plans for some airlines to offer wi-fi connectivity came a cropper earlier this year when Boeing... [09 Nov 2006]
Wi-fi trains get satellite broadband boost
News Plane-based systems such as the now-defunct Connexion by Boeing tend to use simpler systems based on a two-way satellite link. Last month Korean Air said it would sue Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture, Connexion by Boeing. [13 Sep 2006]
Ryanair gives in-flight mobile access
News Earlier this month Boeing said it would close its loss-making, high-speed broadband communications service, Connexion, taking charges of up to $320m in the second half of 2006. The connection between the plane and ground is carried by satellite... [30 Aug 2006]
Korean Air to sue over Connexion failure
News Korean Air is to sue plane-maker Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture Connexion by Boeing. Boeing announced the closure of Connexion earlier this month saying there was little demand for the service. [23 Aug 2006]
Will broadband in the sky take off?
News Despite a high profile lift-off, Boeing's in-flight broadband venture has been grounded. Last week Boeing said it is closing Connexion by Boeing, its six-year project which offered airline passengers access to the internet over satellite links. [23 Aug 2006]
Airlines to replace 'no smoking' with 'no mobiles'
News The new signs are currently only applicable to Airbus aircraft but OnAir said it hopes to have them on Boeing planes as well if the in-flight mobile service is extended to its aircraft in the future. Boeing last month warned the financial markets... [07 Aug 2006]
Business Traveller: Staying connected on planes, trains and automobiles
Comment The 'Connection by Boeing' service is not limited to only Boeing plans and is currently available on the fleets of 11 different airlines. A new generation of aircraft such as the Boeing 787 will be delivered with wi-fi already installed. [02 Jun 2006]
United to take off with in-flight Wi-Fi
News The FAA determined that 802.11b/g equipment installed on a Boeing 757-200 aircraft by the US airline and Verizon Airfone did not interfere with the plane's operations. European regulators have OK'd a venture between plane manufacturer Airbus and... [23 Jun 2005]
Airborne mobile - Airbus-SITA tie-up gets EU approval
News Boeing in particular has been dipping its toes into the mile high telephony space, having launched Connexion by Boeing to attack the nascent market with a Wi-Fi offering. Plane manufacturer Airbus and communications company SITA are to create... [31 Jan 2005]
Inside SAS: A vendor dossier
Comment I can only hope the smaller jet bears a bumper-sticker which reads 'My other plane is a Boeing 737'. What's more I am travelling in the company's own private executive jet - but no ordinary jet, this is a Boeing 737 and it is furnished like a very... [02 Nov 2004]
Airbus bails out of EU-Microsoft scrap
News This became public last week while the EU was busy defending the aircraft maker against Boeing's charges of unfair competition under World Trade rules due to the subsidies it receives from the EU. At one point last week there were suggestions that... [24 Sep 2004]
Group sets up high-flying broadband subsidiary
News The Boeing technology can take two days to put into a long-haul plane, which is a long time for a plane to be on the ground. The move will put the pressure on the rival Connexion by Boeing system, which has just announced a corporate deal with... [22 Jul 2004]
Leader: Expect in-flight chit-chat
Leader In essence, a plane equipped with Connexion by Boeing or a rival in-flight wireless data system can allow a laptop or PDA to become a soft phone. A spokesman for Boeing told silicon.com that in the still early days of this system, there is no... [21 Jul 2004]
