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PRESS RELEASE: PLANES, VEHICLES & VESSELS EMBRACE LEO CONNECTIVITY WITH FLAT PANEL ANTENNA SHIPMENTS PROJECTED TO REACH HALF A MILLION BY 2035

Aviation, Maritime, Mobility, Press ReleasesBy Caroline Fearnley 15th April 2026

London, April 15th, 2026, 11:00 British Summer Time (BST) Flat panel antennas are moving firmly into the mainstream, with shipments across aviation, land mobility and maritime projected to approach half a million units by 2035, according to Valour Consultancy’s new report titled ‘The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2026’. The company’s previous analysis, published in 2023, projected flat panel shipments to reach…

Can JD.com Succeed Where Others Have Struggled? A Look at Its European Expansion and the Future of Drone Delivery

Aviation, Industry NewsBy Caroline Fearnley 1st April 2026

While writing Valour Consultancy’s inaugural report on The Future of AAM, we have collected a great detail of data, insight and competitive analysis on the future of drone delivery. The report includes a fleet forecast broken down by Food, Medical and Convenience use cases and region. A more detailed competitive analysis covering companies such as…

How Many Commercial Aircraft has Starlink Actually Connected?

Aviation, Industry NewsBy Caroline Fearnley 1st April 2026

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…

Press Release: Over Half of Commercial Fleet Doesn’t Yet Offer WiFi According to Valour Consultancy

Aviation, Press ReleasesBy Caroline Fearnley 18th February 2026

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…

The Sound of Silence? Why eVTOLs Aren’t as Quiet as You Think

AAM, AviationBy Caroline Fearnley 18th February 2026

Upon checking out the footage from the recent demonstration of AutoFlight’s new V5000 Matrix eVTOL, I felt compelled to write something about the noise signature of these aircraft. Why? Well we’re repeatedly told that they’re ostensibly quiet and that this will lead to their proliferation throughout our cities. But is the sound they make a…

Press Release: LEO Reshaping IFC Market With Connected Commercial Fleet Set to Surpass 21,000 Aircraft by 2034, Says Valour Consultancy

Aviation, Press ReleasesBy Caroline Fearnley 11th February 2026

London | February 11th 2026 | 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) According to a new report by Valour Consultancy, “The Future of In-Flight Connectivity – 2025”, the number of connected commercial aviation aircraft will surpass 21,000 by 2034, with the majority of the global fleet equipped with in-flight connectivity (IFC) by 2030 – heralding a…

Narrow-body Market Presents Huge Opportunity for W-IFE

AviationBy David Whelan 9th April 2021

A new report from award-winning provider of market intelligence services, Valour Consultancy, suggests that wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE) will be installed on almost three-quarters of the global narrow-body fleet by 2030, up from just over a third today. The report, “The Future of in-Flight Entertainment – 2021 Edition,” shows that although wireless in-flight entertainment installs…

Re-Imagining the Passenger Experience in a Post Coronavirus World

AviationBy Craig Foster 25th March 2020

It is time to re-imagine the airline passenger experience. Airlines the world over have grounded large parts of their fleets and announced plans to lay off thousands of staff as they attempt to survive a near shutdown of international travel amid the widening coronavirus pandemic. The severity of the crisis has prompted carriers to turn…

The Battle for Business Jet Connectivity Supremacy

AviationBy Craig Foster 30th January 2020

2019 was an exciting year in terms of new options for in-flight business jet connectivity and in this article, we ponder whether the increased number of players each now offering a plethora of solutions can really be sustained longer term. Historically, provision of wholesale cabin business jet connectivity services for VIP and private aircraft has…

ATG to Drive Adoption of In-Flight Connectivity in China

AviationBy Daniel Welch 26th July 2019

Mainland China has been unanimously pegged as the next big growth area in the global In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market for some time now. The country’s aviation sector continues to grow at pace and local airlines possess largely unconnected fleets of almost 3,700 aircraft, 85 per cent of which are single aisle. According to our most…

2’s Company, 28’s a Crowd: Truth and Lies in Wireless IFE

AviationBy Craig Foster 11th July 2019

With the world and his W-IFE now seemingly involved, keeping track of developments in this market is one that becomes more difficult with every passing quarter. At last count (Q1 2019), 25 service providers had installed their respective solutions on at least one aircraft, and more are entering the fray all the time. TEAC’s new…

I’ve Got the Power!

AviationBy Craig Foster 24th June 2019

“I’ve got the power” sang German Eurodance group, SNAP!, in their 1990 smash hit single, “The Power”. Sadly, not every aircraft in every airline in the world can be similarly boastful much to the chagrin of today’s travellers, many of whom cannot bear to be parted from power-hungry personal electronic devices (PEDs) for even the…

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