AirCell Appoints Fran Phillips Senior Vice President, Airline Solutions.Joins Growing Senior Leadership Team Bringing Groundbreaking E-mail and Internet Services to U.S. Airlines and Business Aircraft LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- Frances H. Phillips has joined AirCell as Senior Vice President, Airline Solutions. A deeply experienced aviation and in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II commercial aviation flights became a daily event in which entertainment was requested by passengers to help the time pass. executive, she will be responsible for all airline sales and program management activities related to AirCell's new broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. , and based at AirCell's new Chicago facility. Jack W. Blumenstein, AirCell President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "Fran's extensive track record in commercial aviation communications and in-flight entertainment will be a tremendous asset to AirCell, its airline customers, and their passengers." Fran's distinguished aviation career began at American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , where she held positions of increasing responsibility in sales programs, revenue management, and in-flight products and entertainment. At Sony, she developed a successful new business unit for the supply of entertainment content, managing relationships with content providers and working with technical teams to develop new applications for consumers. As an independent consultant, she provided strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. services to leading in-flight entertainment companies that included Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems, solutions, and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers. , Sony, and Thales. Most recently at Connexion by Boeing Connexion by Boeing (CBB) was an in-flight online connectivity service from Boeing. This service allowed travellers to access a high-speed internet connection while on board a plane in flight through a wired Ethernet or a wireless 802.11 Wi-Fi connection. , she managed customer relationships, product development, passenger services, and a series of other key initiatives. About AirCell broadband Set for introduction in early 2008, AirCell's new broadband service will include robust Wi-Fi hotspots that allow airline passengers to surf the Internet, use e-mail, and log on to their corporate VPN's using their personal 802.11b/g-equipped Wi-Fi data devices. The system will also offer airline operational communications capabilities and provide a path to a wealth of future cabin services. The new service will also be available to business aircraft operators, offering a similar set of broadband features. Customers that currently have an AirCell Axxess([TM]) communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. aboard their aircraft can easily add the new AirCell broadband link by installing the appropriate radio and a small, air-to-ground antenna. About AirCell, Inc. AirCell([R]) designs, manufactures, markets and supports a full line of airborne telecommunication systems for the Business Aviation, General Aviation, Government and Air Transport markets. A single-source, turn-key provider of equipment, service, and technical support, AirCell simplifies airborne communications and keeps you In Touch, In Flight([R]). AirCell products are offered as standard or optional equipment by virtually every fixed- and rotor-wing airframe manufacturer in business aviation, and are installed aboard the world's three largest fractional ownership In business, fractional ownership is a percentage share of an expensive asset. Shares are sold to individual owners. A fractional owner enjoys priorities and privileges, such as reduced rates, priority access on holidays and income sharing. fleets - NetJets, Flight Options, and CitationShares. The winner of the exclusive broadband license in the FCC's recent frequency auction, AirCell is developing a new, air-to-ground broadband system for North America that will debut in early 2008. AirCell (www.aircell.com) is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, USA. |
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