Airbus on track with Airspace Link HBCplus catalogue expansion with SES

Global content connectivity solutions company SES has signed a letter of agreement with Airbus.

Airbus says the development paves the way for the company to become the second managed service provider to join the Airspace Link HBCplus catalogue offering for airlines.

HBCplus provides airlines with flexibility as it decouples the bandwidth provider from the antenna and the IFE systems. The agnostic SFE antenna de-risks the airlines’ far-reaching bandwidth supplier decisions and comes with Airbus support, warranties and seamless aircraft integration.

SES will now bring its combined MEO and GEO network through the Airbus ecosystem for the first time.

Andre Schneider, Airbus VP Cabin and Cargo Programme, said: “We look forward to adding SES to our HBCplus MSP catalogue, and continue our journey of offering best-in-class aircraft technology combined with industry-leading service providers. Additionally, SES’s innovative use of GEO and MEO satellites to seamlessly offer a multi-orbit solution fits the disruptive nature of the Airspace Link open ecosystem to provide an end-to-end solution.”

JP Hemingway, Chief Strategy and Product Officer (CSPO) at SES, said: “SES along with its global partners are building a truly differentiated multi-orbit network which is capable of providing the best IFC service in the air for both short-haul and long-haul commercial aviation markets.

“We look forward to concluding our partnership with Airbus and working together to bring these innovative multi-orbit global capabilities to the Airspace Link HBCplus ecosystem.”