Date |
Event |
Details |
September 2004 |
First demonstration of GSM voice and text services over Inmarsat Aero H Satcom |
At World Airline Entertainment Association Congress |
May 2005 |
First demonstration of GSM voice and text services over Inmarsat Aero H on Boeing 777 |
B777-200LR World Tour |
November 2005 |
Public use of GSM voice and text service in-flight |
B777-200LR world record flight |
April 2006 |
Demonstration of GSM voice, text and GPRS services over Inmarsat Swift Broadband and Ku Band |
Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg |
April 2007 |
First commercial service of in-flight voice, text and GPRS |
On Qantas domestic B767 |
March 2008 |
Launch of commercial in-flight GSM service on A340 |
Emirates A340-300 Dubai to Casablanca |
August 2008 |
World's first commercial in-flight GSM service on B777 |
Emirates B777-300 Dubai to London Heathrow |
October 2008 |
World's first commercial in-flight GSM service on A330 |
Emirates A330-200 |
November 2008 |
Malaysia Airlines become the first air carrier in Asia to launch trial of in-flight GSM service |
Malaysia Airlines B777-200 |
December 2008 |
50,000 passengers use the AeroMobile service |
December 10 on Emirates flight number EK0923 from Dubai to Cairo |
February 2009 |
100,000 passengers use the AeroMobile service |
February 15 on Emirates flight number EK0404 from Dubai to Singapore |
July 2009 |
AeroMobile's technology completes certification on sixth aircraft type |
A340-300, A340-500, B777-200, A330-200, B777-300, B777-300ER |
February 2011 |
5,000,000th Emirates passenger switches on their phone in-flight |
Emirates Airlines flight EK0097 from Dubai to Rome |
December 2011 |
Virgin Atlantic launch in-flight GSK service |
Ten Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 and Six B747-400 aircraft |
June 2012 |
Gulf Air launch in-flight GSM service |
Six Gulf Air A330-200 aircraft |
Autumn 2012 |
Over 12 million unique users use AeroMobile service |
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September 2012 |
Delivery of 1st AeroMobile line-fit from Boeing |
Thai Airways B777-300ER |
December 2012 |
First AeroMobile flight on SAS |
SAS B737 Oslo to Evenes |
December 2012 |
Etihad Airways launch "Etihad Wi-Fly" including mobile connectivity by AeroMobile |
Airbus A330-200 |
February 2013 |
Kevin Rogers appointed CEO of AeroMobile |
May 2013 |
AeroMobile launches inflight mobile service for Air France-KLM |
Two Boeing B777-300 aircraft equipped |
June 2013 |
Etihad Airways rolls out AeroMobile connectivity on New York route |
Boeing 777-300ER |
September 2013 |
Singapore Airlines launch AeroMobile inflight mobile connectivity service |
B777-300ER |
October 2013 |
Aer Lingus launch inflight mobile services with AeroMobile |
All seven of the airline's Airbus A330 aircraft |
January 2014 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Qatar Airways aircraft |
Selected A330-200 |
February 2014 |
Lufthansa rolls out mobile phone services with AeroMobile |
Selected A330s |
February 2014 |
Boeing delivers first B747-8 with AeroMobile connectivity |
Lufthansa B747-8 |
June 2014 |
Launch of two EVA Air B777-300 aircraft with AeroMobile connectivity |
Two B777-300s |
February 2015 |
Launch of Etihad A380 with AeroMobile connectivity |
Etihad A380 |
May 2015 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Malindo Air aircraft |
Selected B737-900 aircraft |
June 2015 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Alitalia aircraft |
Selected A330-200 aircraft |
October 2015 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Air Serbia aircraft |
Selected A319 and A320 aircraft |
December 2015 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Air Berlin aircraft |
Launch of world's first inflight 3G network! |
February 2016 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected SWISS aircraft |
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May 2016 |
Launch of AeroMobile 3G connectivity on selected Eurowings aircraft |
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June 2016 |
Launch of AeroMobile 3G connectivity on selected Cathay Pacific aircraft |
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October 2016 |
Singapore Airlines announce the launch of 3G A350-900 |
First A350 with AeroMobile connectivity |
December 2016 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Turkish Airlines and Kuwait Airways aircraft |
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January 2017 |
AeroMobile achieve the milestone of 1 Million connected flights |
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January 2018 |
Launch of AeroMobile connectivity on selected Malaysia Airlines aircraft |
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