Abakhweli be-Emirates abaya e-US kungekudala baya kukwazi ukonwabela i-Wi-Fi, uqhagamshelo lwenkonzo yeselula kunye nosasazo lwe-Live TV, nokuba babhabha iinyawo ezingama-40,000 ngaphezulu North Pole kunye Arctic isangqa.
I-Emirates ikhokele ihlabathi ngonxibelelwano lwe-inflight, kunye nayo yonke inqwelomoya eqhagamshelwe kwiWi-Fi, ilizwi kunye neenkonzo zeSMS. Nangona kunjalo, kwiinqwelomoya zayo eziya e-US, ezihlala zihamba kwingingqi ye-polar, abakhweli banokuzifumana bengenalo uxhumano ukuya kwiiyure ze-4. Oku kubangelwa kukuba uninzi lwesathelayithi eziqhagamshela iinqwelo-moya ziyi-geostationary, ezibekwe phezu kwe-ikhweyitha, kwaye iimpondo zenqwelo-moya azikwazi ukubona isathelayithi xa zisemantla akude, ngenxa yokugoba komhlaba.
Iqabane le-Emirates i-Inmarsat liza kusombulula ngokukhawuleza le ngxaki ngokongezwa kweesathelayithi ezimbini ze-elliptical orbit, ngaloo ndlela zibonelela nge-coverage phezu kwe-North Pole ngo-2022.
Iisathelayithi ezintsha ziya kubonelela ngosasazo lweTV ebukhoma kwiinqwelomoya ze-Emirates ezivumela abathengi ukuba babukele iindaba ezibukhoma okanye ezemidlalo kwingingqi yepolar. I-TV ye-Emirates 'Live ngoku ifumaneka kwiinqwelomoya ze-175 kuquka zonke i-Boeing 777 kwaye ukhethe i-Airbus 380s.
U-Adel Al Redha, uSekela Mongameli we-Emirates kunye neGosa eliPhezulu leMisebenzi uthe: "Siyavuya kakhulu ngolu phuhliso, oluya kuqinisekisa ukuba i-Emirates iyaqhubeka nokukhokela ishishini ekuboneleleni abathengi bethu amava onxibelelwano olungenamthungo kwiijografi, kuyo yonke inqwelomoya yethu. iindlela. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, sisebenze ngokusondeleyo ne-Inmarsat kunye namaqabane ethu okubonelela ngokuqhubekayo ukunyusa umgangatho kunxibelelwano lwe-inflight, kwaye sijonge phambili ekuphuculeni amava, sithatha ithuba lobuchwepheshe obutsha kunye neziseko ezingundoqo. "
UPhilip Balaam, uMongameli wezoPhapho we-Inmarsat, uthe: “I-Inmarsat inerekhodi enempumelelo kakhulu yokusebenza ne-Emirates ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimfuno zabo zokuqhagamshelwa kwe-inflight ziyahlangatyezwa kwihlabathi jikelele, kwindawo yokulala kunye nakwikhabhathi. Kuyasivuyisa ukuqhubeka neso siko ngophuhliso olukhawulezayo lothungelwano lwethu lwesathelayithi yeGlobal Xpress (GX). Kule nyanga idlulileyo iyodwa, siye sabhengeza ngakumbi ukongezwa komthamo kuthungelwano kunye nemithwalo eyongezelelweyo emihlanu ehlawulwayo, kubandakanywa nezi zimbini zamva nje zeenqwelomoya eziya kwi-latitudes esemantla kunye nommandla we-Arctic. Oku kuyilungele kakhulu i-Emirates kwaye kwakhona badlale indima ebalulekileyo kwisigqibo sethu kolu lwando lwamva nje. "
Inkonzo edumileyo phakathi kwabathengi be-Emirates, ngaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1 soqhagamshelo lwe-Wi-Fi lwenziwa kwiinqwelomoya zenqwelomoya kwi-avareji yenyanga.
