{"id":51699,"date":"2024-03-05T21:36:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/viasat-wins-ifc-deal-for-icelandairs-new-airbus-aircraft-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:36:18","slug":"viasat-wins-ifc-deal-for-icelandairs-new-airbus-aircraft-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/viasat-wins-ifc-deal-for-icelandairs-new-airbus-aircraft-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat Wins IFC Deal for Icelandair\u2019s New Airbus Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>Icelandair <\/b>has selected <b>Viasat<\/b> to provide the in-flight connectivity for the airline\u2019s new fleet of <b>Airbus <\/b>aircraft, Viasat announced Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Icelandair ordered 13 Airbus A321XLR planes in July 2023, the airline\u2019s first order of Airbus aircraft. The new fleet is expected to service routes between Iceland and Europe as well as transatlantic flights, and is scheduled to begin delivery in the fourth quarter of 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Viasat said the service will operate on all routes for the planes, and support connectivity including streaming entertainment, and real-time productivity tools. Icelandair is already a Viasat customer, and the satellite operator provides IFC for the airline\u2019s Boeing 737 MAX fleet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy expanding our high-speed streaming Wi-Fi offering to the new aircraft, we are doubling down on the state-of-the-art connectivity that has become a highly sought-after element of the Icelandair passenger experience,\u201d said Helga Huld Bjarnad\u00f3ttir, Director Product and Service Management, Icelandair. \u201cViasat has proven to be an innovative and trusted partner for how we approach the future of Wi-Fi at Icelandair.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IFC is a target area for Viasat\u2019s business and the company recently signed deals with Australian airline Qantas Airways and Germany\u2019s Lufthansa Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icelandair has selected Viasat to provide the in-flight connectivity for the airline\u2019s new fleet of Airbus aircraft, Viasat announced Tuesday.&nbsp; This comes after Icelandair ordered 13 Airbus A321XLR planes in July 2023, the airline\u2019s first order of Airbus aircraft. The new fleet is expected to service routes between Iceland and Europe as well as transatlantic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}