INMARSAT DETAILS OFFER TO BOOST AIRLINE TRACKING
May 10th, 2014
UK satellite firm Inmarsat has told Jane’s Airport Review why it is offering to provide free tracking services to commercial passenger planes worldwide, following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Jonathan Sinnatt, head of corporate communications at Inmarsat, stressed that when planes fly oceans “they can be out of contact for hours on end.”Sinnatt explained that Inmarsat’s tracking equipment is already on board more than 90% of wide-bodied jets – the trans-oceanic aircraft that fly over oceans. “So to implement our proposed free ...
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