Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, Airtel form the Seamless Air Alliance

Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, and Bharti Airtel (Airtel) have formed Seamless Air Alliance, which aims to empower member mobile operators to extend their services into airline cabins, and to continuously provide their customers – via satellite technology – the same high speed, low latency connectivity from ground, to air and back again. It will also significantly reduce costs for all involved. The alliance – which aims to attract additional industry operators beyond the five initial members – will eliminate the immense costs and hurdles commonly associated with acquisition, installation, and operation of data access infrastructure by streamlining system integration and