Qatar Airways makes way for ‘Super Wi-Fi’ with Inmarsat

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Inmarsat has been chosen because the inflight connectivity (IFC) supplier for Qatar Airways’ Boeing 787-9 and 737-10 fleet. Qatar Airways supplies one hour of free entry to its ‘Super Wi-Fi’, powered by GX Aviation, with the choice to buy full entry for the rest of every flight. The seamless and dependable broadband shall be out there throughout the airline’s plane and flight routes, permitting passengers to remain linked to household and buddies, browse the web, stream video and audio, get pleasure from social media, store on-line and extra.

Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways group chief govt, mentioned: “Over the years, Qatar Airways has pioneered a spread of game-changing improvements as a part of our distinctive five-star passenger expertise. This, in flip, has resulted within the worldwide air transport ranking organisation Skytrax naming us ‘Airline of the Year’ an unprecedented six occasions. The launch of our Super Wi-Fi, powered by Inmarsat’s GX Aviation, is a first-rate instance. We had been amongst the primary airways on the planet to undertake this know-how and stay the most important operator of GX-equipped plane within the Middle East and North Africa.

“Making Super Wi-Fi available across our fleet is an important milestone at a time when staying connected with loved ones and friends has never been more important for passengers. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup approaches, Inmarsat is the perfect partner we need to ensure Qatar Airways can offer unrivalled inflight connectivity to each and every passenger, continuing our track record of service excellence.”

Niels Steenstrup, president of Inmarsat Aviation, mentioned “It has been greater than 4 years since Qatar Airways turned the launch buyer for Inmarsat’s GX Aviation within the Middle East and North Africa and, throughout that point, thousands and thousands of passengers have loved entry to its Super Wi-Fi service. We are delighted to increase our essential partnership even additional.

“Qatar Airways’ decision to select GX Aviation is testament to its continued satisfaction with our global, consistent, and reliable connectivity, as well as the positive feedback it has received from passengers. It has been a pleasure working with the airline on this rollout.”

GX Aviation, Inmarsat’s high-speed world inflight broadband service, has been rolled out efficiently on different plane inside the Qatar Airways fleet and, underneath the brand new settlement, it has already been activated on the primary seven Boeing 787-9s.

GX Aviation is powered by Global Xpress (GX), the world’s first and solely globally out there broadband community, providing superior inflight connectivity on par with cellular Wi-Fi on the bottom.

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