Honeywell Becomes Global Reseller of Inmarsat's GX Aviation In-Flight Broadband

Honeywell is entering the airline cabin services market as a value-added reseller for Inmarsat’s GX Aviation in-flight broadband service.

Honeywell will remain the exclusive provider of the company’s JetWave hardware and GoDirect software and services, allowing complete, nose-to-tail solutions that integrate passenger and aircraft data.

Philip Balaam, president of Inmarsat Aviation, said: “Inmarsat and Honeywell have an extremely successful track record of working together in the fast-growing in-flight connectivity market. We are delighted to now expand our partnership. Honeywell’s unique depth of experience in this field and its close relationships with airlines make the company a perfect fit as a value-added reseller of GX Aviation.”

This change aligns with Honeywell’s success in the business jet sector, where it has enjoyed extraordinary growth in its cabin services offering, seeing greater than 300 percent growth in subscribers over the past 18 months.

“A shift is underway in the aviation industry focused on connecting passengers and aircraft systems themselves anywhere in the globe with high bandwidth and secure connections to improve the flight experience and the aircraft efficiency,” said Ben Driggs, president of Services & Connectivity at Honeywell Aerospace. “Today’s announcement gives us the ability to market Honeywell’s multitude of GoDirect Connected Aircraft services on top of hardware directly to airline customers. This capability builds on our existing and highly successful direct-selling of connectivity services to the business aviation market.”

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