SkyLink coming to N. Atlantic
Arinc (Booth No.

Arinc (Booth No. 929) is preparing to launch its SkyLink in-flight broadband communications service on the North Atlantic flight tracks and has launched a slimmer antenna suitable for aircraft other than the Gulfstreams which have enjoyed exclusive access so far. First user will be a Falcon 2000 to be equipped by Waterford, Michigan-based Pentastar Aviation.

When the service is launched commercially, which Arinc expects to happen by the third quarter of this year, it will make in-flight broadband accessible across an 8,000-mile swath of the globe stretching from Eastern Europe to the Pacific coast of North America. Five of the 52 Gulfstreams equipped so far are based in Europe and there is another in Hong Kong.