Honeywell to deliver JetWave in-flight Wi-Fi hardware for HAITEC’s Airbus corporate jets

Honeywell Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with German maintenance, repair and overhaul company HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance to provide its JetWave in-flight Wi-Fi hardware for Airbus corporate jets.

The service will be available for two charter Airbus Corporate Jet 319 aircraft that are owned and operated by HAITEC customer Tyrolean Jet Services.

HAITEC VIP Maintenance senior vice-president Brett Dutton said there are is a lot of interest across the company’s air transport and business aviation customer base in what connectivity can deliver.

"JetWave represents an important and timely technology that can bring Tyrolean Jet Services’ passengers high-speed global connectivity while in the air," Dutton said.

Honeywell’s JetWave hardware supports Jet ConneX, the business aviation service powered by Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network.

The service will be online in the first half of 2015, and will provide passengers and operators with fast, global in-flight Wi-Fi.

JetWave has a capacity to deliver downlink speeds to the cabin of up to 33Mbps for business aircraft and up to 50Mbps for air transport aircraft, allowing passengers to video conference, send and receive large files, as well as stream high-quality television and movies while onboard.

Honeywell Aerospace EMEA business and general aviation vice-president Julie de Cevins said this agreement is another example of the accelerating demand across the aviation industry for reliable and high-speed in-flight connectivity.

"Through our work with HAITEC, Tyrolean Jet Services becomes the first business aviation operator to select JetWave and benefit from the revolution in business aircraft connectivity that Inmarsat’s Ka-band service is going to initiate," Cevins said.

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Image: Officials from Honeywell Aerospace and HAITEC during the sigining ceremony. Photo: courtesy of PRNewsFoto/Honeywell Aerospace.