Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX service is set to bring unprecedented inflight connectivity rates of up to 50MB per second to the first paying business aviation customers this year, following an anticipated wave of supplemental type certificates (STCs) for a variety of aircraft applications. The most recent breakthrough was Bombardier’s STC in March to install the Honeywell JetWave-based system on its Global family of aircraft, while Rockwell Collins announced here at EBACE that it had validated the performance of Jet ConneX, which forms part of its ArincDirect services.
The second half of the year is expected to see STCs for other mainstream business aircraft, such as the Gulfstream G450 and G550, as well as for the Dassault Falcon 900 and VIP versions of the Airbus A330 and Boeing 777. “The goal for this year is to hit every major business aviation platform with an STC,” Inmarsat’s business aviation v-p Kurt Weidemeyer told AIN.
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