In-Flight Connectivity a $36 Billion Market Over Next Decade, NSR Says

Cumulative in-flight connectivity revenue over the next decade will be $36 billion as more airlines tie their fleets to high-throughput satellite services, Northern Sky Research said Tuesday. But 2018 was a challenging year due to equipment installation delays, airline indecisiveness and business model uncertainty, it said. All major airlines now are signed up for some form of connectivity, and the remaining opportunity is with smaller airlines, it said. Over the next decade, capacity pricing should go down significantly, meaning service providers will have to grow value-added services to make up for those pricing savings customers will see.