New Bombardier jets to offer Wi-Fi
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Bombardier has announced that its brand new CSeries aircraft will come factory-fitted with in-flight Wi-Fi capabilities.
The Canadian planemaker has teamed up with Panasonic Avionics to install a satellite-based Ku-band antenna on the CSeries regional jets, to provide passengers with in-flight internet, email and mobile phone connectivity.
“We’re excited to publicly share this news about the line-fit option for in-flight connectivity as it demonstrates once again how we are equipping the CSeries aircraft with leading-edge technologies,” said Robert Dewar, vice president of the CSeries programme for Bombardier.
“In addition to offering connectivity solutions such as [Panasonic’s] eXConnect, the CSeries family of aircraft has also been designed to support embedded audio and video on-demand systems to deliver high-quality entertainment solutions directly to passengers via seat-back monitors and also via wireless broadcast.”
Designed to seat 100-149 passengers, the new CSeries is Bombardier’s challenger in the competitive single-aisle market. It is being marketed as a light-weight, fuel-efficient aircraft to compete with Boeing’s new B737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo.
Bombardier has so far taken orders for 447 CSeries aircraft from carriers including Korean Air, Gulf Air and SWISS. The smaller CS100 version is due to launch in the second half of 2015, with the larger CS300 following six months later.
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