On February 26, Airbus SE, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), OneWeb, Ltd., Sprint Corporation and Bharti Airtel Limited announced the formation of the Seamless Air Alliance, which plans to use satellite technology to enhance the connectivity experience of air travelers. By streamlining system integration and certification, offering open specifications for interoperability and simplifying and integrating billing methods, the alliance expects to be able to reduce the costs and eliminate the challenges associated with the acquisition, installation and operation of data access infrastructure. The goal of the alliance is to enable the provision of continuous high-speed, low-latency connectivity services to users worldwide, whether on the ground or in the air. The alliance hopes to add additional members in due course; Delta already announced that Gogo, Inc. will also be joining the alliance.
Read more related news in Space Business Review February 2018.
