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Sabena Technics Enhances VIP Customers’ In-flight Experience
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: Company preps aircraft for forthcoming Jet ConneX connectivity.
Word Count: 142
Sabena Technics, in collaboration with Honeywell, has launched a program to develop, certify and install Honeywell’s Ka-band JetWave satcom hardware on a widebody aircraft owned by an undisclosed VIP customer. Honeywell’s JetWave supports Inmarsat’s forthcoming Jet ConneX (JX) connectivity service, which, when it goes live early in next year's second half, will provide the aircraft with fast, consistent in-flight Wi-Fi virtually anywhere in the world.

Honeywell’s JetWave satcom solution installed by Sabena Technics will allow passengers to videoconference, send and receive large files and access streaming content during their flight using Inmarsat’s JX service. A broad range of customized service packages will be available to Sabena Technics’ customers, applicable to any of their VIP aircraft type and enabling them to select the Internet communication speed that is right for their operations.