Industry articles

As a thought leader in the area of 'mobile communications', OnAir is often featured in the international press, providing news and views on the industry's latest development in this field.
OnAir one of Europe's 25 most creative companies
21 July 2010 | CNBC Business Magazine
Europe’s 23 million entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs will be the driving force behind the region’s economic recovery. But it’s not just the range of companies that’s dizzying – it’s the disruptive force of their ideas. By Colin Brown, Suzanne Frost, Erik Jaques, Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, Hanan Sher, Trevor Huggins and Boyd Farrow
OnAir CEO Seeks Broader Audience for In-Flight
17 June 2010 | Bloomberg News
By Andrea Rothman June 17 (Bloomberg) -- OnAir NV, which provides in- flight phone and Internet services, aims to move beyond its initial 25 customers to make the offering standard on commercial flights, its new chief executive officer said. The mission in coming years is to make telephony something flyers expect to find on every flight, Ian Dawkins said in an interview today from the company’s Geneva offices. Dawkins became CEO yesterday, succeeding Benoit Debains. In three years under Debains, OnAir signed customers including British Airways Plc, Qatar Airways Ltd. and AirAsia Bhd.
Comlux selects OnAir for A320 Prestige
6 May 2010 | EBACE Convention News
Richard Gaona, chairman and president of Comly Aviation, and Benoit Debains, CEO of OnAir, signed an agreement at EBACE that will see OnAir's in-flight mobile communications service installed on an Airbus A320 Prestige.
Comment OnAir tente d'imposer le mobile à bord
24 February 2010 | BILAN
L'entreprise genevoise veut convaincre les compagnies d'introduire le portable dans leurs avions. Grâce à une technologie très simple. Par Laure Lugon Zugravu.
OnAir continues to climb with new airline and entry into maritime
1 February 2010 | WIN
OnAir's Afriqiyah Airways is the first to opt for connectivity across an entire fleet of short, medium & long-haul aircraft, reports Brendan Gallagher.
OnAir mulls bid of rival in-flight connectivity firm Aeromobile
14 January 2010 | Air Transport Intelligence News
In-flight connectivity provider OnAir is considering making a bid for rival AeroMobile, which has been placed into administration in the UK as additional funding is sought for the Arinc/Telenor partnership.
Connectivity: Next stop KA-band?
4 January 2010 | WIN
Brendan Gallagher provides WIN readers with an exclusive look into KA-band as an emerging platform for inflight connectivity, and interviews EMS Technology's new CEO, Neil Mackay.