Air New Zealand hoʻolālā e hāʻawi manuahi a me ka wikiwiki pūnaewele kiʻekiʻe i nā huakaʻi Kiwi ma nā mokulele kūloko koho. Me ka hui pū ʻana me Starlink, kahi mea hoʻolako pūnaewele satellite, manaʻo lākou e hoʻāʻo i kēia lawelawe ma nā mokulele ʻelua, me kahi jet a me ATR, e hoʻomaka ana i ka hopena o 2024. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pūnaewele ma kahi mokulele turboprop, e hoʻokumu ana i kahi mua i ka lewa. ʻenehana huakaʻi.
Ka hookolokolo ana o Starlink pūnaewele ma nā mokulele koho e mau ʻehā a ʻeono mahina. Inā kūleʻa, hoʻolālā ʻo Air New Zealand e hoʻokō i kēia pūnaewele holo kiʻekiʻe, haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ka lele ʻana ma nā ʻauwaʻa ʻāina āpau i koe i ka makahiki 2025. Hiki i nā poʻe holo kaʻa ke manaʻo i ka wikiwiki o ka pūnaewele e hoʻoheheʻe i nā ʻike wikiō me ka maʻalahi.
ʻO ka pūnaewele Starlink in-flight e hiki ai i ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana ke hoʻomau i ka hana i ka wā o nā mokulele, ʻoiai hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi leʻaleʻa ke kahe i nā podcast a me nā hōʻike Netflix i ka manawa maoli ma mua o ka hoʻoiho ʻana. Eia naʻe, e pāpā nā kānāwai o kēia manawa mai ka Civil Aviation Authority i ke kelepona ʻana i ka wā o ka lele.
Loaʻa iā Air New Zealand i kēia manawa ka hiki ke ālai i nā ʻike kūʻē i kā lākou lawelawe pūnaewele. ʻO ka hoʻolauna ʻana i ka ʻike pūnaewele i ka ATR e hōʻailona i kahi holomua paionia ma ka honua mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nikhil Ravishankar ka luna nui o Air NZ, ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka ʻike pūnaewele mai ka ʻīpuka a i ka ʻīpuka, e hoʻopau ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka pae ʻana e hoʻokō i nā lula CAA. ʻOiai nā manaʻo kūpono ʻaʻole pono ka pūnaewele no nā mokulele pōkole pōkole, manaʻo ʻo Ravishankar he koi nui no kēia lawelawe.
I kēia manawa, ua kaupalena ʻia ka hoʻokolokolo Starlink i nā mokulele kūloko. Loaʻa i nā mokulele mokulele honua o Air New Zealand ka Wi-Fi, koe naʻe nā mokulele hoʻolimalima kikoʻī, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā satelite geostationary. ʻO Starlink, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hoʻohana i nā satelite LEO kokoke i ka Honua, e hōʻoia ana i nā hōʻailona hilinaʻi ʻoi aku ka nui o ko lākou kokoke ʻana ma muli o kā lākou neʻe ʻana o ka honua haʻahaʻa.
Ua haʻi ʻo Jason Fritch, ka hope pelekikena ma Starlink ma SpaceX, i ka haʻaheo i ka hui pū ʻana me Air New Zealand e hoʻolauna i ka pūnaewele kiʻekiʻe o Starlink i kā lākou mokulele, me ka manaʻo e hoʻonui i kēia ʻike hoʻohui i loko o ka mokulele i ka lehulehu lehulehu.
