Emirates is taking a serious look at bringing high-speed Internet to passengers, and reveals it is studying whether the business case for a Ku-band satellite-based solution has improved enough to adopt for its fleet.

In an exclusive interview with ATI last week in Dubai aboard an Emirates Airbus A380 bound for Toronto, company vice-president for passenger communications Patrick Brannelly said: “There is no global solution today for Internet for passengers on a big plane like this. Ku will cover many of the regions in the world. We are looking at the affordability.

“We didn’t think there was a good business case when Connexion by Boeing offered it the first time and we’re looking to see whether the business case has improved.”

The executive notes that connectivity is very important to Emirates’ passengers. “They want to be connected but they want to be connected affordably. I don’t think they want to spend $100 on a flight to get the Internet. It needs to be afford

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