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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.

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

FlightGlobal

Viasat Launches Amara: A Multi-Orbit Connectivity Solution for Aviation

2025-04-10T01:40:25.057316-07:00

PaxEx.Aero

Embraer and Viasat Team to Deliver Free Ka-Band Wi-Fi on Aeromexico’s E190 Fleet

2025-07-11T05:01:25.559236-07:00

Times Aerospace

Riyadh Air Chooses Viasat for High-Speed In-Flight Connectivity on Boeing 787s

2025-04-03T03:19:29.280534-07:00

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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.

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

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

Aviation Week

Viasat adds Telesat Lightspeed LEO to JetXP, developing electronically‑steered antenna to push multi‑orbit bizav offering Viasat is integrating Telesat Lightspeed LEO capacity into its JetXP in‑flight broadband, pairing flexible LEO links with its high‑capacity GEO ViaSat‑3 platform, and is developing an electronically‑steered antenna for business jets. The package targets resilient, low‑latency multi‑orbit connectivity for business aviation.

2025-11-16T21:23:23.857673-08:00

Viasat adds Telesat Lightspeed LEO to JetXP, developing electronically‑steered antenna to push multi‑orbit bizav offering

NASA Spaceflight

Launch Roundup (week of Nov 11, 2025): New Glenn, Viasat and Sentinel‑6B highlight busy schedule amid recent scrubs This week's launch calendar is unusually congested, led by New Glenn, Viasat's ViaSat‑3 mission and Sentinel‑6B — three high‑profile flights that were reshuffled after recent scrubs. The packed slate underscores operational pressure on providers and the cascading impacts slips have on launch cadence and payload manifests.

2025-11-11T14:56:40.868180-08:00

Launch Roundup (week of Nov 11, 2025): New Glenn, Viasat and Sentinel‑6B highlight busy schedule amid recent scrubs

Space Intel Report

Viasat says MSS operators backing shared satellite constellation; warns free in‑flight Wi‑Fi will commoditize connectivity Viasat said it is in talks with multiple regional mobile‑satellite service operators to back a shared satellite constellation, and warned that airlines moving to free, gate‑to‑gate in‑flight Wi‑Fi will commoditize connectivity, intensifying pricing pressure and eroding differentiated value for satellite service providers.

2025-11-11T10:48:02.579398-08:00

Viasat says MSS operators backing shared satellite constellation; warns free in‑flight Wi‑Fi will commoditize connectivity

SpaceNews.com

e& inks MoU with Space42; Equatys (Viasat–Space42) secures first mobile partner to advance 5G direct‑to‑device services UAE operator e& has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Space42 at GITEX 2025 to explore hybrid satellite–terrestrial 5G direct‑to‑device services, giving Equatys — the Viasat–Space42 D2D infrastructure joint venture — its first mobile network partner in the region.

2025-10-14T10:26:37.419149-07:00

e& inks MoU with Space42; Equatys (Viasat–Space42) secures first mobile partner to advance 5G direct‑to‑device services

Bloomberg

Viasat to spend $2B+ on satellite capacity to counter SpaceX Starlink in in‑flight Wi‑Fi market Viasat will invest more than $2 billion to add satellite capacity as it seeks to defend and expand its in‑flight Wi‑Fi business against SpaceX’s Starlink. The investment will boost bandwidth and coverage for airline customers and sharpen Viasat’s competitiveness as Starlink rapidly expands capacity.

2025-10-12T21:28:30.117150-07:00

Viasat to spend $2B+ on satellite capacity to counter SpaceX Starlink in in‑flight Wi‑Fi market

Inflight Online

Viasat and InterLnkd partner to offer AirMall, an in‑flight digital mall, to airlines Viasat has partnered with InterLnkd to offer AirMall, a full‑scale in‑flight digital mall, to airlines. The platform will be distributed via Viasat's satellite connectivity, giving carriers a branded onboard marketplace accessible through in‑flight Wi‑Fi. InterLnkd positions the service as a turnkey retail solution for airlines seeking to expand onboard commerce.

2025-10-08T06:20:34.593354-07:00

Viasat and InterLnkd partner to offer AirMall, an in‑flight digital mall, to airlines

The National UAE

Viasat and Space42 launch Equatys JV to deliver global direct‑to‑device services using largest coordinated spectrum block Viasat and UAE AI‑SpaceTech firm Space42 have launched Equatys, a joint venture to deliver global direct‑to‑device (D2D) satellite services using the world’s largest coordinated spectrum block. Equatys will operate as a wholesale provider and aims to activate its satellite infrastructure within three years.

2025-09-15T04:03:12.399994-07:00

Viasat and Space42 launch Equatys JV to deliver global direct‑to‑device services using largest coordinated spectrum block