One or more ground stations communicate with the plurality of commercial aircraft using {HEAD ~ feeder communications links} exchanging {TAIL ~ the wireless communication traffic} and control information and providing interfaces with a terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure 
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One or more ground stations communicate with the plurality of commercial aircraft using { HEAD ~ feeder communications links } exchanging { TAIL ~ the wireless communication traffic } and control information and providing interfaces with a terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure
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