Flying Colours Corp., the international MRO and completions company, has signed an agreement with North Carolina-based SmartSky Networks to act as a sales and installation facility for SmartSky’s air-to-ground connectivity equipment.
Sales and installation of the advanced antennae and aircraft base radio (ABR) will be available through Flying Colours Corp.’s Peterborough, ON. and St. Louis, MO. locations. The continued strengthening of the business aviation sector is driving greater use of connected services for avionics, aircraft health monitoring and cabin WiFi. This is increasing the demand for inflight connectivity that is dependable, immediate and secure, and necessitating a wider variety of options for owners and operators.
The SmartSky Networks’ flagship equipment consists of two sleek antennae and a small ABR. The antenna and radio design has been optimised for business aviation use by providing high throughput to and from the aircraft – a key requirement for today’s cloud-native applications and services. Flying Colours will be providing the entire shipset through SmartSky’s latest Early Arrival promotion and already has equipment available for immediate installation on many STC’d aircraft types.
