{"id":52915,"date":"2023-08-17T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/viasat-wins-malaysia-airlines-ifc-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T23:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:40:21","slug":"viasat-wins-malaysia-airlines-ifc-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/viasat-wins-malaysia-airlines-ifc-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat Wins Malaysia Airlines IFC Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s national air carrier, <strong>Malaysia Airlines<\/strong>, selected <strong>Viasat<\/strong>\u2019s in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution for its new Boeing 737-8 fleet. The companies announced the deal Thursday, and said the first factory installation is expected to be delivered later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The new fleet has anticipated flight routes across Malaysia and Southeast Asia and Malaysia Airlines will leverage Viasat\u2019s Ka-band satellite network in the region, including the third ViaSat-3 satellite covering Asia and Pacific region, once it is launched.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia Airlines operates airline\u2019s its own wireless in-flight entertainment system, MHstudio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to continuously seeking ways to elevate our customer experience, providing personalized offerings and delivering exceptional onboard experiences with Malaysian hospitality. By empowering passengers with the flexibility to enjoy on-demand entertainment through the new in-flight entertainment system throughout their journey, this initiative represents just one facet of our ongoing commitment to innovation and continuous improvement,\u201d commented Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi, CEO of Airlines from Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest in a string of IFC wins for Viasat, which powers Delta\u2019s free on-board Wi-Fi. Other deals include Virgin Atlantic, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia\u2019s national air carrier, Malaysia Airlines, selected Viasat\u2019s in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution for its new Boeing 737-8 fleet. The companies announced the deal Thursday, and said the first factory installation is expected to be delivered later this month. The new fleet has anticipated flight routes across Malaysia and Southeast Asia and Malaysia Airlines will leverage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52916,"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-52915","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\/52915"}],"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=52915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}