High-Speed Internet Service for General Aviation

Yonder high-speed Internet service transforms your business aircraft to your "office-in-the-sky."

With the introduction of ViaSat Yonder® service, unlimited high-speed connectivity for business aircraft became a reality for the first time. Yonder service delivers cable-like performance, plus seamless connections around the globe, in-flight and on the ground, and without the worry of being disconnected or over-charged if usage exceeds your service plan.

Seamless Connections Around the Globe

You fly an aircraft with the range to travel anywhere in the world, so you need a communications service that is available wherever you fly. Yonder already services most of the routes you fly and, in combination with our partner KVH Industries, we continue to expand our global coverage to deliver a seamless service that is second to none. The ViaSat network operations center manages and combines the coverage provided by each satellite in our network so your aircraft transitions seamlessly through satellite coverage areas and you experience Yonder as one large, continuous service area.

Connected From The Moment You Step On-Board

Yonder service is “always on” and available while idling, taxiing or in full flight. Unlike competitive services, there are no service limitations on the ground or below 10,000 feet. Our experience shows that as much as 40% of service usage for a typical aircraft occurs while on the ground. What's more, Yonder service is on whenever the aircraft is powered up; there's no special login required to connect. Yonder’s superior availability means greater value for you and your passengers.

Simple Service Plan

For a fixed monthly fee, business aircraft passengers can use their laptops, smartphones, tablets, and PDAs to enjoy a true high-speed Internet experience as often and as much as they want. You get unlimited web surfing, real-time e-mail with attachments, Internet streaming video, transferring large files, and accessing corporate VPNs. Service is delivered over multi-purpose Ku-band satellites, making it more affordable than services based on special satellites that support only limited markets. Yonder service truly enables the business aircraft office-in-the-sky for the first time.

Our Yonder service resellers can commission your airborne service. Contact ARINC, Satcom Direct, and Satcom 1 for details

Equipping Your Aircraft for Yonder

We developed our VMT-1500 communications shipset specifically for large cabin business aircraft. It is in daily service today on hundreds of aircraft under STCs developed specifically for the Gulfstream G500/ G400/GV/GIV series, Bombardier Global Express and Challenger series, the Cessna Citation X, Boeing BBJ, and others.

The VMT-1500 system is the lightest, smallest-footprint Ku-band terminal for high-speed Internet access via satellite to aircraft.

The system is sold exclusively through aircraft manufacturers and ViaSat-authorized Maintenance Repair Overhaul resellers (MROs):