Etihad to deploy Viasat Amara fleetwide; Viasat adds Telesat Lightspeed to bizav

Etihad Airways will deploy Viasat's next‑generation Amara inflight connectivity across its entire fleet, including narrow‑body jets, upgrading onboard internet to deliver more reliable, high‑capacity passenger Wi‑Fi. Viasat also plans to add Telesat Lightspeed LEO capacity to its business‑aviation JetXP service for lower‑latency, resilient multi‑orbit links.

Discovered 2025-11-18T14:19:26.707717-08:00 | 2025-11-18T14:19:26.707717-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

A fleetwide Amara rollout upgrades Etihad's cabin product and consistency across narrow‑ and wide‑body aircraft as the carrier expands capacity and network reach; see Etihad's recent fleet growth here: https://hype.aero/?story=89f17405-0eca-4792-9dc1-7b56cb143eb4
Viasat is combining GEO capacity with LEO links to offer lower latency and multi‑orbit resilience for commercial and business aviation — context on the JetXP Telesat Lightspeed integration: https://hype.aero/?story=c070235c-fb05-4e8d-808c-5091d0529914
The Amara rollout is supported by Viasats expanding space capacity (ViaSat‑3 program), which will materially increase network throughput as ViaSat‑3 Flight 2 comes online: https://hype.aero/?story=8822ee76-d1f4-49ba-8372-88eb6ddb398f

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