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United Airlines and Viasat Sign Contract to Bring High-Speed Connectivity to 737 MAX
Viasat announced a new contract with United Airlines to bring it's latest generation in-flight entertainment and...
ViaSat update on airline connectivity
We had a brief conversation with Don Buchman, ViaSat's VP Commercial Mobility. What is the state of the US airline...
Premium #330 – Connectivity keeps improving
We have been tracking demand for aircraft connectivity for some time. There are several news stories that further...
American Airlines ditches seat back IFE on MAX
[Update: Each MAX seat will have both AC power (with an international outlet) as well as USB. No news on neo fleet...
jetBlue and free Wi-Fi: Competing on Service
It had to come. Who even pays for Wi-Fi anymore? Your correspondent does not on Delta, because of a very useful deal...
ViaSat acquires Arconics
The world of aircraft connectivity and avionics are starting to consolidate. This morning, ViaSat acquired Arconics,...
American Airlines switches WiFi vendors
In June the airline split its business between Gogo and ViaSat. We covered that story here. Back then, ViaSat was...
More connectivity news
Finnair has signed an agreement with ViaSat Inc to install a high-speed wireless internet network on its entire Airbus...
American Airlines selects ViaSat
American Airlines selected ViaSat for connectivity on its Boeing 737 MAX fleet. ViaSat's in-flight internet service...
ViaSat’s Connectivity Business
Don Buchman, VP & GM Commercial Mobility at San Diego-based ViaSat talks about the technology and their business...
The Ku vs Ka battle
In the US market, which is by far the largest for in-flight WiFi, there is a looming battle between traditional market...