Delta Air Lines<\/b> plans to bring Viasat<\/b>\u2019s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution aboard 300 aircraft, the companies announced Tuesday. Viasat\u2019s Ka-band IFC system will be rolled out on narrow-body aircraft starting in the summer of 2021, with new delivery A321ceo1, 737-900ER and select 757-200 aircraft. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. <\/p>\n
Delta said this service will offer customers the ability to stream all types of Over-the-Top (OTT) content to any device with internet from gate to gate. This partnership is part of Delta\u2019s plan to offer free Wi-Fi in the future. The airline plans to work with multiple Wi-Fi suppliers, including both Gogo<\/strong> and Viasat.<\/p>\n Glenn Latta, Delta managing director of In-Flight Entertainment & Wi-Fi said in a Delta Q&A that the installation process \u2014 from approvals to testing to implementation \u2014 often takes several months. <\/p>\n \u201cViasat\u2019s high-speed satellite-powered technology changes the game for what we can offer,\u201d Latta commented in the Q&A. \u201cWe now have additional capability and next-gen technology to make sure you have a faster and more consistent connection to your favorite sites, including the ability to stream the entertainment of your choice on your flight. It also lays the groundwork for future enhancements and personalization with the seatback screen that customers will love.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delta Air Lines plans to bring Viasat\u2019s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution aboard 300 aircraft, the companies announced Tuesday. Viasat\u2019s Ka-band IFC system will be rolled out on narrow-body aircraft starting in the summer of 2021, with new delivery A321ceo1, 737-900ER and select 757-200 aircraft. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Delta said this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54018,"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-58357","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\/58357"}],"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=58357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}