Gulf Air to offer full on-board connectivity to passengers

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s (Panasonic) Global Communications Suite for worldwide in-flight broadband connectivity, mobile phone service and live television programming.  Once the final terms are agreed upon, Panasonic will install its broadband Ku solution eXConnect, eXPhone and the eXTV live television network across the entire Gulf Air Fleet.  The retrofitting will be implemented progressively across the airline’s fleet beginning in September 2011 and will take two years to complete.