Airshow and AirCell Forge Strategic Alliance

Airborne customers will reap the benefits of a strategic alliance announced at New Orleans and involving two providers of in-flight services. Airshow, Inc, supplier of information and entertainment systems has made an undisclosed investment in AirCell, Inc, a leader in wireless communications.

This move enables Airshow to offer a single, bundled solution to its customers, involving hardware, connectivity and content.

"The result," said Airshow president Dennis Ferguson "will be a powerful, technologically advanced air-to-ground communications system that is affordable for virtually every U.S. domestic GA and commercial aircraft flying today."

Customers of the new venture will be able to access the AirshowM@il e-mail system that had its successful first airborne test last June and will come on line in the first quarter of next year. Nearly 4,000 corporate aircraft already have Airshow systems in service.