The Apcela Blog

Starlink Isn’t Coming to Save Your Hawker

“If you have the dough, Starlink is the way to go.” For most of the charter fleet, the math tells a different story. If you operate a Hawker, a Lear, a midsize Citation, or one of a few dozen other airframes among the 5,000+ aircraft still flying with …

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Two of the biggest names in business aviation connectivity took the stage at #NBAAMX earlier this month

Different companies. Different technology stacks. Directly competing commercial interests. They landed in the same place. Steve Borger of Gogo and Jim Huntoon of Viasat both put the practical threshold for “enough” cabin connectivity at roughly 25 Mbps …

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5,000 Aircraft Disagree

A field report from the 2026 NBAA Maintenance Conference connectivity panel — and what they didn’t say. Starlink Aviation hardware is currently running a multi-month backlog. The Gogo 3G sunset and 4G launch has been extended to November 8, 2026, with …

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