Davinci Jets MRO To Install SmartSky Connectivity Systems

Davinci Jets Adds SmartSky to Installation Lineup

As the newest installation center for SmartSky connectivity systems, Davinci Jets' new MRO facility will install the products in a variety of aircraft.

Davinci Jets MRO team — The Davinci Jets team is preparing for installations of SmartSky air-to-ground connectivity systems. (Photo: SmartSky)

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

March 24, 2023

Davinci Jets, which recently opened a Part 145 MRO facility at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, is now a sales and installation partner for SmartSky’s air-to-ground connectivity system. According to SmartSky Networks, Davinci Jets was the first aircraft management company to offer customers the option to install the SmartSky system in their aircraft.

Plans call for Davinci Jets to install SmartSky systems in a variety of jets and turboprops that it is approved to maintain. These range from the Pilatus PC-12 and Beechcraft King Air turboprops to jets including Bombardier Challengers; Embraer Phenoms, Legacy 600/650s, and EMB-145s; Dassault Falcon 50EXs, 900s, and 2000s; and Gulfstream G150s and G200s. Supplemental type certificates are available for many of these aircraft and others will be forthcoming, according to SmartSky. Smaller airplanes such as the PC-12 would be suitable for SmartSky's Lite system, which has just one antenna, while larger airplanes will be able to accommodate the two-antenna Flagship system.

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