Flexjet to replace Viasat GEO inflight connectivity with SpaceX LEO
Fractional ownership powerhouse Flexjet plans to replace the Viasat GEO satellite-based inflight connectivity hardware found on select aircr... Continue Reading
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Press Release: Free inflight Wi-Fi influences passenger choice: Viasat
Viasat, Inc., a global communications company, today announces the findings of its 2023 Passenger Experience Survey — which surveyed more th... Continue Reading
Viasat on securing basic interoperability with GX via minor tweaks
Viasat has not yet publicly disclosed its timeline for bringing a fully interoperable aero terminal to market that will talk to both Viasat ... Continue Reading
Press Release: US Space Force taps Viasat for proliferated LEO services
Viasat, Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, today announced that Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proli... Continue Reading
Korean Air opts for Viasat GX inflight connectivity on A321neos
Korean Air is taking a multi-source approach to inflight connectivity, selecting Viasat Ka-band satellite-powered onboard Internet for its n... Continue Reading
Viasat confirms another satellite malfunction: dual-payload I6 F2
Already grappling with a reflector deployment problem on its massive ViaSat-3 Americas satellite, which could result in a $420 million insur... Continue Reading
Press Release: Malaysia Airlines picks Viasat to enhance PaxEx on 737-8s
Viasat Inc., a global communications company, today announced Malaysia Airlines — the national carrier of Malaysia — has selecte... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik talks IFC industry disruption, MRO crunch
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has long supported airlines’ ambitions to bring inflight connectivity to their passengers. Whether installing Inmars... Continue Reading
Viasat considers options should ViaSat-3 Americas fix remain elusive
Viasat is still conducting a rigorous review of the anomaly that occurred whilst deploying one of the antennas on its ViaSat-3 Americas sate... Continue Reading
Eyes on Viasat as it readies to update market on ViaSat-3 Americas
Nobody celebrates when a satellite encounters a problem. Every satellite operator understands that the same fate can just as easily befall t... Continue Reading
EAN inflight connectivity astounds on Aegean A321neo
Since its introduction towards the end of the last decade, it’s fair to say that the European Aviation Network — the hybrid S-band/air-to-gr... Continue Reading
Viasat accelerates introduction of hybrid I-6 F1 satellite
Following a temporary outage this spring of the Inmarsat I-4 F1 L-band satellite for Asia-Pacific (APAC), Inmarsat’s new owner, Viasat... Continue Reading
Viasat grapples with ViaSat-3 Americas reflector deployment problem
A very large antenna reflector is at the heart of Viasat’s newest Ka-band satellites. So said Viasat in a September 2022 blog post about how... Continue Reading
Press Release: ESSP, Viasat to commercialise Iris air traffic programme
Viasat, through its recently acquired business Inmarsat, today signed a long-term contract to appoint ESSP (European Satellite Services Prov... Continue Reading
Press Release: Arctic set for broadband as Viasat completes milestone
Viasat Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, and Space Norway, today announced that the first of the two satellites for the Arc... Continue Reading