Corporate Jet Investor: The Connected Aircraft

In-person events are ramping back up and we have enjoyed attending several conferences this month. Valour co-founder Craig Foster moderated a session on ‘The Connected Aircraft‘ at Corporate Jet Investor 2022 in London. On the panel, Craig was joined by James Person (Viasat), Michael Skov Christensen (Satcom Direct), James Hardie (Collins Aerospace) and Shuaib Shahid (Gogo). With…

What will happen to airline fares in 2022?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been, so far, the longest and most intense crisis in the history of commercial aviation. Statistics published on the World Bank’s data repository show that passengers carried by air transport fell by 60% worldwide between 2019 and 2020. Fast forward to the end of 2021 and the clouds began to part;…

Upcoming Webinar: ACARS over IP

Valour Consultancy’s Daniel Welch has been invited to participate in an upcoming webinar hosted by Collins Aerospace on Thursday 10 March. The session will discuss how airlines can utilise high-speed connectivity channels to facilitate Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) data reporting. Background Information As connected aircraft operations improve efficiencies and reduce costs, Collins…

Li-Fi Showing Signs of Li-Fe?

Back in 2015, I sat in a presentation by Harald Haas that explained how a superfast alternative to Wi-Fi could soon be used to enable wireless networking on board aircraft. The session focussed on Li-Fi – a term coined by the professor four years earlier that uses light to transmit data at high speed. However,…

Redefining the E in IFE: 5 Predictions for 2022

After our somewhat musical roundup of IFE content developments over the past 12 months, it’s David Whelan’s turn to address recent and upcoming trends impacting in-flight entertainment systems. Or should that be in-flight engagement? A century ago, the “roaring twenties” were characterised as a period of economic prosperity and cultural revolution, famously captured in F.…

Whisper Words of Wisdom: I, F, E

In the first of this year’s Valour Consultancy IFEC market reviews – Craig Foster provides a somewhat musical roundup of IFE content developments over the past 12 months. Then, he looks forward to 2022 with some predictions which we hope will prove to be words of wisdom. “Everybody had a hard year” sang John Lennon…