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Anuvu in-flight Wi-Fi

Anuvu, once Global Eagle, runs in-flight Wi-Fi over geostationary satellite capacity it leases, plus its own small MicroGEO satellites. A Turkish Airlines upgrade targets more than 100 narrowbody jets.

Runs it: Anuvu, formerly Global Eagle. Platinum Equity completed its acquisition of Anuvu on 29 October 2025. Anuvu sells in-flight connectivity and entertainment content.
Also known as: Global Eagle, Global Eagle Entertainment, Anuvu Constellation
Link: Geostationary satellites: leased Ku-band capacity from SES, Intelsat and Eutelsat, plus Anuvu’s own Astranis-built MicroGEO satellites over North America.
Speed: Not published as a figure. On Turkish Airlines, Anuvu says its Dedicated Space upgrade raised throughput more than ninefold.
Latency: Not published. Anuvu says Dedicated Space cut latency by about 25% on Turkish Airlines. A geostationary satellite hop can add roughly 500 ms of round-trip propagation delay.
Sign-in page: Not published. Anuvu brands its service for each customer, so the airline runs the sign-in page.

Checked 1 November 2026.

How it works

Geostationary satellite

Anuvu calls itself a connectivity integrator. It doesn’t rely on one satellite network: it buys capacity from several operators and combines it into one service for airlines.

Its connectivity page names SES for Ku-band satellite capacity worldwide and Intelsat for Ku-band capacity on its Epic network. In May 2026 it signed with Eutelsat for capacity on EUTELSAT 10B.

These are geostationary satellites, about 36,000 km above the equator. An antenna on the aircraft links to them, and they relay traffic to ground stations and the internet.

Anuvu also has its own satellites. The Anuvu Constellation uses small MicroGEO satellites built by Astranis, about one cubic metre each. Anuvu planned them for aviation and maritime customers over North America and the Caribbean.

Astranis said in August 2025 that Anuvu’s first two satellites had reached geostationary orbit and were ready for service.

Dedicated Space is Anuvu’s network management system. Anuvu says it uses AI to give each aircraft dedicated capacity to suit its needs. Airlines already on Anuvu can add it with a modem upgrade.

Speeds and latency

Anuvu doesn’t publish a speed per aircraft or per passenger. Its pages describe “high-throughput geostationary satellites” without figures.

For Turkish Airlines, Anuvu says Dedicated Space and its Modman-D modem raised throughput more than ninefold. It says uploads became four times faster and latency fell by about 25%.

Even so, the link is geostationary. A signal travels about 36,000 km up and back down twice per round trip. The ITU estimates about 500 ms of round-trip propagation delay. Other network delays add to that.

Airlines that use it

A Turkish Airlines upgrade targets more than 100 narrowbody jets. GOL uses Anuvu for in-flight entertainment; Anuvu’s cited sources do not establish that GOL uses its Wi-Fi.

Signing in

Anuvu doesn’t publish passenger sign-in steps or a portal address. It brands the service for each airline, so use the network name and sign-in page your airline gives.

Background

Global Eagle renamed itself Anuvu. Its home page says: “Once Global Eagle, we are now Anuvu.”

Platinum Equity completed its acquisition of Anuvu on 29 October 2025, for undisclosed terms. Anuvu appointed Simon Sutton as chief executive in June 2026.

In March 2026 Anuvu said 65 Turkish Airlines narrowbody aircraft had the upgraded Wi-Fi, with all designated aircraft due by April 2026.

Anuvu also licenses films and TV for airlines and cruise ships. Platinum Equity says it offers more than 400,000 titles.

On board with Kilobat

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that shows what each app sends and holds back what can wait. On a plane:

The sign-in page. When it doesn’t open by itself, the menu bar says This Wi-Fi wants you to sign in, with Open sign-in page. Turn your VPN on after you’ve signed in.
Mark it metered. macOS treats plane Wi-Fi as unlimited. Mark it Metered in Kilobat’s Wi-Fi menu or with kilobat networks cost metered, and Kilobat skips its own speed tests. If automatic switching is enabled, it switches to Travel.
Updates wait. With Pro, paused updaters enabled and the network filter on, macOS Software Update, App Store downloads, Google Updater and Microsoft AutoUpdate wait for an unmetered network. The apps keep working.
See what’s using it. Every app’s upload and download, live in the menu bar, so a messaging-only plan isn’t spent on a sync you forgot.
Send later. A big upload, such as Dropbox syncing a folder, shows as a row with its speed. With Pro, Send later can hold it until you’re on unmetered Wi-Fi again, for up to eight hours while Kilobat is open.
Know what’s slow. Expect pings of 600 ms or more on a geostationary link. That is the distance to the satellite, not your Mac. Health shows latency and loss, and with Pro their history through the flight. When Slack or Zoom won’t load, Is it them or me? reads the service’s status page.

Questions

Is Global Eagle Wi-Fi the same as Anuvu?

Yes. Global Eagle renamed itself Anuvu, and Platinum Equity now owns it.

Which Turkish Airlines planes use Anuvu?

Anuvu says more than 100 Turkish Airlines narrowbody aircraft are getting its Dedicated Space upgrade. It doesn’t list them by type.

Sources

Checked on 1 November 2026.