Gulf Air has unveiled the its first A330-200 aircraft fitted with Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s (Panasonic) Global Communications Suite. The comprehensive communications and entertainment solution, ‘Sky Hub’, offers passengers onboard full broadband connectivity to access Internet, mobile phone services and, for the first time in the world, a global, live television service onboard.
The Panasonic’s Global Communications Suite is being installed across Gulf Air’s entire fleet of aircraft progressively. Using Panasonic’s Global Communications Suite, Gulf Air will offer two-way broadband connectivity at speeds of up to 50 Mbps to the aircraft, enabling faster browsing, chatting and other Internet based services. |