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• Kate Duffy
EasyJet has agreed to equip its fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink inflight Wi-Fi, extending high-speed connectivity into the budget-carrier segment. The deal covers the airline’s all-Airbus fleet, underscoring how onboard internet is becoming part of the product proposition beyond full-service airlines.
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LiveEO co-founder Daniel Seidel discusses a new alliance with Airbus and IBM Germany, using satellite data to generate 3D terrain in minutes. The initiative is framed against Germany’s gap in sovereign imagery capability; the available report does not detail the partners’ commitments or the system’s operational status.
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EasyJet has agreed to equip its fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink inflight Wi-Fi, extending high-speed connectivity into the budget-carrier segment. The deal covers the airline’s all-Airbus fleet, underscoring how onboard internet is becoming part of the product proposition beyond full-service airlines.
EasyJet is partnering with Starlink to bring satellite-based inflight connectivity to its Airbus fleet. The agreement signals demand for onboard internet at a low-cost carrier, though the available report does not specify installation timing, fleet coverage or commercial terms.
Airbus says Poland could receive A400M military transports before the end of the decade, provided Warsaw makes a procurement decision quickly. Poland is evaluating a national heavy-airlift fleet alongside NATO options, giving the timing and structure of its decision a role in shaping its future transport capacity.
Airbus and BAE Systems executives are expected to discuss a potential role for Airbus in the Global Combat Air Programme, the next-generation fighter effort led by the UK, Italy and Japan. The talks could shape Germany’s options after the collapse of its rival FCAS partnership with France and Spain.
The European Commission, ESA and the SpaceRISE consortium signed an implementation agreement on Aug. 7, 2026, for IRIS², a sovereign communications network of 348 spacecraft in low and medium Earth orbit. Separately, Airbus says it is fielding interest in HBCplus, an inflight-connectivity solution supporting GEO and Lightspeed LEO services.
Airbus A220s will be offered with a Safran system designed to preserve satellite-based navigation amid GPS jamming. The equipment, already used on military aircraft, brings an anti-interference capability to a commercial airliner; the A220 is set to be the first airliner to carry the system.
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