{"id":54532,"date":"2022-10-21T20:22:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/inmarsat-inks-distribution-deals-with-honeywell-and-satcom-direct\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T20:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T12:22:44","slug":"inmarsat-inks-distribution-deals-with-honeywell-and-satcom-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/inmarsat-inks-distribution-deals-with-honeywell-and-satcom-direct\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmarsat Inks Distribution Deals with Honeywell and Satcom Direct"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Satcom Direct<\/strong> and <strong>Honeywell<\/strong> will sell <strong>Inmarsat<\/strong>\u2019s new SwiftJet IFC service for business jets, Inmarsat revealed Oct.19. SwiftJet offers seamless global coverage and maximum speeds of 2.6Mbps, up to six times faster than Inmarsat\u2019s existing L-band business aviation connectivity service, SwiftBroadband (SBB). It will enter service in the first half of 2023 and customers are now able to engage with their preferred distribution partners, as well as aircraft manufacturers and installation providers, to commence discussions on price plans, service contracts, upgrade feasibility and more.<\/p>\n<p>SwiftJet uses advanced hardware from Inmarsat\u2019s partner Honeywell, which can be equipped on a broad range of aircraft and also supports cockpit and safety services. Existing customers of Inmarsat\u2019s SBB service will benefit from a natural upgrade path through minimal changes to the installed equipment, while new customers will experience the same ease of installation as with any Inmarsat L-band terminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe business aviation market has entered an exciting new period of growth, with flight volumes now higher than pre-pandemic levels. However, expectations around the digital onboard experience have also evolved considerably and the market has challenged us to amplify L-band capabilities. This ensures business travellers can enjoy faster connections across more devices whenever and wherever they fly without compromising on key characteristics of resilience, reliability and availability,\u201d Kai Tang, Inmarsat\u2019s Head of Business Aviation, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satcom Direct and Honeywell will sell Inmarsat\u2019s new SwiftJet IFC service for business jets, Inmarsat revealed Oct.19. SwiftJet offers seamless global coverage and maximum speeds of 2.6Mbps, up to six times faster than Inmarsat\u2019s existing L-band business aviation connectivity service, SwiftBroadband (SBB). It will enter service in the first half of 2023 and customers are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}