Hamburg: Air India has selected Hughes Network Systems’ multi-orbit primed, high-capacity Ka-band satellite-based inflight connectivity service to power onboard Wi-Fi for a mixture of widebodies in its fleet.
Under arrangements announced today at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, the airline will leverage Airbus’s linefit, supplier-furnished HBCplus program to bring the Hughes In-Flight-branded IFC service to new A350-1000 aircraft. Hughes is a managed service provider on the HBCplus program.
Air India will also offer Hughes In-Flight on existing Boeing Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
RAVE Aerospace’s Ka-band terminal, which is based on ThinKom Solutions’ popular Ka-band 2517 VICTS hardware — and a key piece of kit on the Ka-band side of Airbus HBCplus — will be installed on the A350-1000s, 787-8s and 777-300ERs (whether via linefit at Airbus in the first instance, or retrofit in the latter.)
Financial terms of the deals have not been disclosed.
Air India has thus far taken a multi-source approach to IFC, as it also offers Panasonic Avionics’ Ku-band geostationary (GEO) satellite-supported system on select aircraft, as part of Panasonic’s partnership with Tata Group company Nelco in India.
14/06/2026 Mary Kirby/Runway Girl Network
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