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Press Release: NGSO Ka- and Ku-Band IFC Installations Forecast to Reach Over 8,500 by 2035 as Business Aviation Shifts to LEO

Aviation, Press ReleasesBy Summer Staninski 6th August 2026

August 6 2026, 14:00 British Summer Time (BST) London. New research from Valour Consultancy forecasts that non-geosynchronous orbit (NGSO) Ka- and Ku-band in-flight connectivity (IFC) installations in business aviation will reach 8,500 by 2035 as high-speed low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity becomes the preferred primary cabin solution. The finding is one of the headline conclusions…

A T G, It’s Easy as 1 2 3…

AviationBy Craig Foster 18th August 2022

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…

Despite Pandemic, IFC Terminal Installed Base in Business Aviation to Reach 32,000 by 2029

Aviation, Press ReleasesBy Craig Foster 13th August 2020

A new report predicts strong take-up of in-flight connectivity (IFC) systems on business aircraft over the next ten years. According to Valour Consultancy, an award-winning provider of market intelligence services, the number of IFC terminals installed on business jets will rise to almost 32,000 in 2029 – up from 20,689 at the end of 2019.…

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…

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…

More Compelling IFC Use Cases Needed to Stimulate Next Wave of Adoption

AviationBy Daniel Welch 11th September 2018

Earlier this year, I wrote an article which spoke about the industry entering a phase of action rather than talk as various service providers set to work on backlogs built up in recent years. This process began as 2017 came to a close and has continued throughout 2018. A notable and perhaps worrying side effect…

How Airlines are Catering to Millennials

AviationBy Craig Foster 15th February 2018

Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are a demographic cohort referred to by some as the “Me, Me, Me Generation” – lazy, constantly seeking feedback and prone to jumping from job to job. Others see a group of liberal and upbeat people brimming with confidence and self-expression, who are most receptive to new ideas and…

Seat-back In-Flight Entertainment is NOT Dying!

AviationBy Craig Foster 11th July 2017

It might not be a date that immediately evokes strong memories but cast your mind back, if you will, to January 25th, 2017. Donald Trump was just getting his feet under the White House desk after a shock election victory two months’ prior, Roger Federer was rolling back the years on his way to capturing…

The Three C’s of (In-Flight) Connectivity – Coverage, Capacity and Consistency

AviationBy Craig Foster 28th February 2017

A poor experience of anything in life is likely to make someone think twice about whether they want to try it again and the same is true of in-flight connectivity (IFC). People cannot be expected to pay twice for something that does not work well and in the social media age that we now live…

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