Aircraft management company Davinci Jets has completed "first-article" installation of SmartSky Networks’ air-to-ground Flagship connectivity system in one of its owners’ Citation Latitudes. The work was done by Davinci’s in-house MRO division under a Form 337 field approval.
SmartSky expects to receive an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the Latitude installation in the “coming months.” Liberty Partners of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, provided engineering support for the Latitude installation. SmartSky is developing additional STCs for other business jet models and has secured 15 thus far.
Davinci Jets is installing SmartSky systems in most of the jets that it manages. After the SmartSky Flagship system was installed in the Latitude, passengers on the jet’s next flight were able to make video calls on six devices simultaneously, join a video meeting, stream Netflix and Fubo TV shows, email large attachments, work with Salesforce and Microsoft Teams, make phone calls, and run speed tests.
“Demand for SmartSky is growing in the marketplace because customers expect to be continuously and reliably connected even while in transit,” said Davinci Jets CEO Eric Legvold. “The customers who are now flying SmartSky-equipped planes are able to do just that.”