Airlines Boost In-Flight WiFi: LEO Satellite Constellation to Deliver Ground-Level Experience

Recently, many passengers on China Eastern Airlines wide-body flights have enjoyed smooth internet service at 10,000 meters. A China Eastern expert said in-flight WiFi provided by major domestic airlines meets airworthiness safety standards, as modern civil aircraft avionics and passenger WiFi have strict frequency and physical isolation, and connecting after switching phones to airplane mode will not interfere with navigation or communication equipment. Aircraft connectivity mainly uses two technical paths: air-to-ground communication and satellite communication. Air-to-ground is mature, lower-cost, and lower-latency, with speeds close to ground 4G, but only works where ground base station…