One of the UK’s favourite children’s programmes of the 1970’s was Rentaghost. The UK TV show aired on the BBC with a simple premise: a cast of ghosts, who when alive, were rather ‘unsuccessful’, are given a second chance (the intended name of the show) in the afterlife by being hired out by the eponymously…
Forget Bellingham to Real Madrid or Arsenal’s capture of Declan Rice; the $1.1 billion that Thales is paying for Cobham Aerospace Communications (“AeroComms”) is by far the biggest British move of this summer’s transfer window. But what’s behind the deal? Read on for our take. A More Complete Cockpit Offering Thales is positioning it as…
Anyone familiar with flying long-haul will have, over time, established methods of enduring, perhaps even enjoying, the multiple hours spent locked in a cabin at 36,000ft. One look around the cabin on any long-haul segment reveals the role of in-flight entertainment (IFE), and blockbuster content more specifically, continues to have as a coping mechanism, with…
Valour Consultancy has unveiled a new report which evaluates the market for flat panel antennas developed to support comms-on-the-move applications across aviation, maritime and land mobility. The study, titled – The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2023, reveals that after years of hype, hardware shipments are now ramping up as several manufacturers transition from…
Line fit offerability is key to success in the market for seatback in-flight entertainment (IFE). Almost all wide-body aircraft enter service with a system installed at the factory, while the IFE attach rate in the narrow-body segment stood at 20% in 2022. This is a smidgen higher than the 17% average over the course of…
To supplement our in-depth annual deep dive into the in-flight connectivity (IFC) and in-flight entertainment (IFE) markets, Valour produces two tracker databases designed to keep those with a vested interest in the IFEC arena updated on installation activity and emerging trends. Updated every quarter, these trackers present the installed base of equipped aircraft, as well…
IFC reaches major milestone for the industry – Valour Consultancy is excited to announce that, for the first time, our longstanding quarterly in-flight connectivity (IFC) tracker service recorded more than 10,000 commercial aircraft equipped with IFC. The landmark figure was reached in Q4 2022 and serves as proof of the market’s resilient growth in the…
How much does a business jet operator pay for onboard connectivity? It’s a simple enough question but unfortunately, there is not a correspondingly simple answer. However, having recently spent almost a year putting together our report on the adoption of in-flight connectivity (IFC) in business aviation, we certainly feel qualified to shed some light on…
The rollout of 5G is widely regarded as transformational in that it brings some reality to the prospect of everyone, and everything becoming connected. The technology will boost both speed and bandwidth, lower latency, increased density, as well as improved security features. Since South Korea became the first country to commercialise 5G services back in…
October 10, 2022, 15:00 British Summer Time (BST) London. According to a new report from Valour Consultancy, the arrival of new low earth orbit (LEO) satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC) solutions will help propel the number of connected business aircraft to just over 27,000 by 2031. That’s up from approximately 16,400 at the end of 2021.…
As avid readers will testify, we love a musically-themed blog here at Valour Consultancy. Over the years, we’ve managed to cram in a reference to The Power by SNAP!, twice paid homage to The Beatles (here and here), talked about how seatback IFE is Stayin’ Alive and basked in the glory of Bowie’s Sound and…
Ahead of last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), we identified ‘digital services’ as a theme we expected to see feature on many of the booths in the IFEC zone. In fact, more than half of the points in our pre-show “10 things to look out for at AIX” blog can be attributed to the topic.…