Air Canada is in talks with inflight connectivity service providers, including its current provider Intelsat, to understand its options for adding Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service to its large installed base of Ku-band geostationary (GEO) satellite-powered 2Ku IFC systems.
Given Air Canada’s rollout on regional jets of Intelsat’s multi-orbit electronically steerable antenna (ESA) to support GEO/LEO service inclusive of Eutelsat OneWeb LEO —it has fitted 15-plus RJs to date and LEO is indeed live — Runway Girl Network asked the carrier’s manager inflight Wi-Fi and analytics, André Patrick about the possibility of adding a LEO-only antenna to Air Canada’s 2Ku-fitted aircraft to support multi-orbit…
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