Viasat has announced a “five-fold capacity boost” across the eastern US for its JetXP business aviation inflight broadband service. A phased nationwide expansion is planned in the coming months.
All Viasat’s business aviation customers using the Honeywell JetWave or Gogo Plane Simple Ka-band terminals benefit from the boost. Viasat said it supports data-hungry applications such as HD video conferencing, content streaming and generative AI – on multiple devices at the same time.
For JetWave customers, the performance can be further optimised by adopting the terminal’s latest software version, further details of which can be obtained from their service provider.
Viasat said that the performance boost has already received a hugely positive response from customers travelling on busy flight routes over major eastern US hubs. It shared that a large-cabin Gulfstream operator recently reported: “We have flown several legs since the additional capacity and new software was launched, and the wi-fi performance has been truly outstanding – greatly enhancing all of our online needs. We also appreciate that the software upgrade was fast and seamless, enabling our connectivity experience to be fully optimised.”
The development was achieved as part of Viasat’s business aviation enhancement programme, which the company said involved improvements such as uncapped speeds, increased network prioritisation, and optimised satellite asset management.
“JetXP already delivers our best ever inflight broadband experience for business aviation by unleashing the full power of our global Ka-band network,” said Kai Tang, head of business aviation at Viasat. “We’re excited to now introduce our highest-ever capacity increase over the United States for business aviation customers in direct response to their specific requirements. This is only possible due to Viasat’s dense capacity and flexibility, marking yet another example of our continuous innovation and focus on customer experience.”
JetXP was launched under a year ago, bringing together the legacy Jet ConneX and Viasat Ka services under one unified brand. It was developed following consultation with customers, partners and research agencies, along with detailed analysis of usage trends.
