Japan Airlines (JAL) will introduce the multi-orbit inflight connectivity system from SES, a major satellite communications company.
The system will be installed on aircraft used for long-haul international routes: 20 Airbus A350-900s and 10 Boeing 787-9s will be equipped at the time of manufacture, and 11 Boeing 787-9s will be retrofitted. The retrofit of the Boeing 787-9 aircraft was announced at the Singapore Airshow in February.
With SES’s electronically steered antenna (ESA) system, the aircraft can communicate with both geostationary (GEO) satellites and low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, enabling wide-area coverage and low-latency communications.
The contract between JAL and SES follows the introduction of the Boeing 737-8. The two companies have had a partnership since 2013, and in 2017 they began offering free Wi-Fi on domestic routes.
SES is a space solutions company based in Luxembourg and owns around 120 LEO and GEO satellites. It provides connectivity services to government agencies, telecommunications carriers, and airlines. The overseas broadcast “NHK WORLD NEWS” is also distributed via SES satellites. Japan’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Yoshimasa Hayashi, who is visiting Luxembourg, also toured the company’s facilities.
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