In its Progress Report 2025, Starlink states that: “In 2025, around 6,500 commercial aircraft were equipped with Starlink.” The figure seemingly underscores the rapid momentum the satellite operator has achieved in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market and reflects the growing appetite among airlines for low-latency, high-throughput broadband. Within the aviation connectivity industry, however, the figure…
The advent of LEO connectivity has profoundly changed the inflight connectivity (IFC) landscape in business aviation. Last year, Starlink reportedly installed its solution on 800 aircraft – equating to two installs per day. This is an unprecedented growth rate, especially for the aftermarket. It’s also brought the network operator’s total installed base up to 1,000,…
Biometric Update: Biometrics Pilots For Air Travel Cleared For Takeoff – But Stall On Runway
INTRODUCTION Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tool using Data Enhanced Algorithmically Developed (DEAD) computing. The original algorithms are developed by humans and, if sufficiently sophisticated, they can allow an AI program to develop further algorithms (a set of instructions to be followed in calculations or other operations) based on vast data arrays made available to…
Latest News of Amazon Leo Amazon’s LEO programme has been known to the market for years as “Project Kuiper”. That era is over. In November 2025, Amazon formally rebranded the initiative as Amazon Leo, framing it as a shift from development milestones towards commercial operations and, crucially, enterprise contracting. The rebrand wasn’t just a “badge…
Introduction 2026 will act as a stress test for airports and border control infrastructure; rising passenger volumes, biometric capture mandates, expanding pre-approved traveller programmes, and contactless journey ambitions are colliding with legacy systems that were never designed for high-frequency, digital and biometric processing. With this, we see the industry’s response unfolding in a ‘three-speed’ timeline,…
Introduction With 11,791 biometric border control solutions deployed in airports globally, nations around the world continue to show an appetite in enhancing their border clearance processes through the deployment of automated and biometric technologies. Increasingly, regulations are being put into place that mandate the capture the biographic, biometric, and entry/exit data of travellers; highlighted by the recent introduction of the European Union’s EU Entry-Exit System (EU-EES), the full-scale launch of…
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London | February 18th 2026 | 21:30 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) SpaceX now has more than 5,000 aircraft under contract, with recent wins including Southwest, Korean Group, Lufthansa Group, IAG and Emirates. Such is the scale of change that it is easy to conclude the market is reaching maturity and that there may not be…
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