AeroMobile Communications Limited is a registered mobile network operator for the aviation industry and is based in the UK. It provides technology and services that allow the safe use of passengers' own mobile phones while inflight. A subsidiary of Panasonic Avionics Corporation [1] its services are often installed alongside Panasonic's Wi-Fi network and can be installed either at the point of aircraft manufacture or retro-fitted across both Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Panasonic Avionic's Wi-Fi network and AeroMobile's mobile phone network are complimentary services and provide passengers with a choice of inflight connectivity options.

Since launching the service in March 2008, over 40 million passengers have connected to the network[2][3][4][5][6] and AeroMobile now has over 20 airline partners offering passengers inflight voice, SMS and data services on selected, connected flights. Airline partners include Emirates, Etihad, KLM, Lufthansa, SAS, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Turkish Airlines.

In December 2015 AeroMobile launched the world's first 3.5G inflight mobile network with Air Berlin.[7] The 3.5G network provides passengers with a substantial increase in data speeds, faster browsing and quicker posts.

Company milestones

Date Event Details
September 2004 First demonstration of GSM voice and text services over Inmarsat Aero H Satcom At World Airline Entertainment Association Congress
May 2005 First demonstration of GSM voice and text services over Inmarsat Aero H on Boeing 777 B777-200LR World Tour
November 2005 Public use of GSM voice and text service in-flight B777-200LR world record flight
April 2006 Demonstration of GSM voice, text and GPRS services over Inmarsat Swift Broadband and Ku Band Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg
April 2007 First commercial service of in-flight voice, text and GPRS On Qantas domestic B767
March 2008 Launch of commercial in-flight GSM service on A340 Emirates A340-300 Dubai to Casablanca
August 2008 World's first commercial in-flight GSM service on B777 Emirates B777-300 Dubai to London Heathrow
October 2008 World's first commercial in-flight GSM service on A330 Emirates A330-200
November 2008 Malaysia Airlines become the first air carrier in Asia to launch trial of in-flight GSM service Malaysia Airlines B777-200
December 2008 50,000 passengers use the AeroMobile service December 10 on Emirates flight number EK0923 from Dubai to Cairo
February 2009 100,000 passengers use the AeroMobile service February 15 on Emirates flight number EK0404 from Dubai to Singapore
July 2009 AeroMobile's technology completes certification on sixth aircraft type A340-300, A340-500, B777-200, A330-200, B777-300, B777-300ER
February 2011 5,000,000th Emirates passenger switches on their phone in-flight Emirates Airlines flight EK0097 from Dubai to Rome
December 2011 Virgin Atlantic launch in-flight GSK service Ten Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 and Six B747-400 aircraft
June 2012 Gulf Air launch in-flight GSM service Six Gulf Air A330-200 aircraft
Autumn 2012 Over 12 million unique users use AeroMobile service
September 2012 Delivery of 1st AeroMobile line-fit from Boeing Thai Airways B777-300ER
December 2012 First AeroMobile flight on SAS SAS B737 Oslo to Evenes
December 2012 Etihad Airways launch "Etihad Wi-Fly" including mobile connectivity by AeroMobile Airbus A330-200
February 2013 Kevin Rogers appointed CEO of AeroMobile
May 2013 AeroMobile launches inflight mobile service for Air France-KLM Two Boeing B777-300 aircraft equipped
June 2013 Etihad Airways rolls out AeroMobile connectivity on New York route Boeing 777-300ER
September 2013 Singapore Airlines launch AeroMobile inflight mobile connectivity service B777-300ER
October 2013 Aer Lingus launch inflight mobile services with AeroMobile All seven of the airline's Airbus A330 aircraft
January 2014 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Qatar Airways aircraft Selected A330-200
February 2014 Lufthansa rolls out mobile phone services with AeroMobile Selected A330s
February 2014 Boeing delivers first B747-8 with AeroMobile connectivity Lufthansa B747-8
June 2014 Launch of two EVA Air B777-300 aircraft with AeroMobile connectivity Two B777-300s
February 2015 Launch of Etihad A380 with AeroMobile connectivity Etihad A380
May 2015 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Malindo Air aircraft Selected B737-900 aircraft
June 2015 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Alitalia aircraft Selected A330-200 aircraft
October 2015 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Air Serbia aircraft Selected A319 and A320 aircraft
December 2015 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Air Berlin aircraft Launch of world's first inflight 3G network!
February 2016 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected SWISS aircraft
May 2016 Launch of AeroMobile 3G connectivity on selected Eurowings aircraft
June 2016 Launch of AeroMobile 3G connectivity on selected Cathay Pacific aircraft
October 2016 Singapore Airlines announce the launch of 3G A350-900 First A350 with AeroMobile connectivity
December 2016 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Turkish Airlines and Kuwait Airways aircraft
January 2017 AeroMobile achieve the milestone of 1 Million connected flights
January 2018 Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Malaysia Airlines aircraft

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See also

References

  1. ^ Ian, Mansfield. "Panasonic Takes Majority Stake in AeroMobile". Cellular News. Retrieved 27 Mar 2012.
  2. ^ "More Than Three-Quarters Of Brits Use Their Mobile Phones Abroad". Aeromobile PR. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "About AeroMobile". aeromobile.net. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Aer Lingus Launches InFlight Mobile Services With AeroMobile". airfax.com/blog/index.php. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Aeromobile provides Singapore Airlines with in-flight Wi-Fi and GSM". aircraftinteriorsinternational.com/. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. ^ "AeroMobile research reveals UK travellers mobile phone habits". aircraftinteriorsinternational.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  7. ^ "AeroMobile launches world's first inflight 3.5G network". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.

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