Purpose-built Connectivity for Keeping Business Connected in Flight

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The business and private jet industry is booming with consecutive years of record growth marked by a 20% increase since the beginning of the pandemic. The market will grow by nearly 14% for the next five years. Private jets offer flexibility, freedom of movement, exclusivity, and comfort, enabling travelers to avoid commercial air traffic’s well-known frustrations and stresses. 

The introduction of new pricing models, jet card programs, fractionalized ownership arrangements, charters, and a range of other creative programs have made private jet travel more accessible than ever to families, vacationers, and average individuals.  

The Business Jet industry is Growing, and so Is the Demand for Always-On Connectivity

No matter the purpose of the trip, destination, or flight duration, private jet travelers expect to have the same connected capabilities in the air as they do at their homes and offices. Business executives want secure internet access to maintain maximum productivity and efficiency, manage ongoing business activity, securely send and receive important emails and documents, and engage with work colleagues in real time. Leisure travelers want to consume the latest streaming entertainment, communicate with friends, and share experiences via social media and other messaging platforms. 

For owners and operators of business jet fleets, it is imperative to ensure passengers have access to internet connectivity throughout the journey, and the connectivity must also be of extremely high quality. A recent survey conducted by Corporate Jet Investor and commissioned by Intelsat confirmed that consistent, reliable, high-speed internet connectivity is of the utmost importance to today’s business jet customers and plays a significant role when choosing a service provider. 

According to the survey, 85% percent of the 100 respondents ranked consistent and uninterrupted connectivity as very important and a factor in their overall experience and satisfaction with a private jet operator. More than 90% agree that connectivity speeds supporting heavy bandwidth-hungry applications, like video streaming, are equally important. Finally, nearly all respondents ranked the reliability of connectivity as being crucially important as well.

With more business, commercial, and even military aircraft in the skies than ever before, the competition for bandwidth means that business jet owners and operators need a communications solution that delivers consistent and high-quality inflight connectivity from gate to gate no matter where the plane flies.  

The Only Network Built for Business Aviation

Intelsat FlexExec is a high-throughput communications service backed by Intelsat’s globally available and integrated enterprise-grade space and ground network. FlexExec provides private and business jet owners with a powerful, dedicated, unshared, uncontested communications channel, ensuring continuous high-performing inflight connectivity even in the highest-trafficked air routes. 

FlexExec is powered by a multi-layered, multi-beam high-throughput satellite and ground network, ensuring complete redundancy and the ability to deliver a premium inflight connectivity experience anywhere in the world. Today, FlexExec provides speeds up to 25 Mbps in high-traffic regions, with future enhancements planned for faster speeds in 2025.

FlexExec is ideal for business jet owners and operators eager to meet their customers’ lofty inflight connectivity expectations. By guaranteeing network availability and delivering always-available high-speed connectivity, fleet owners can meet insatiable demand and retain valuable customers in an increasingly competitive environment.  Learn more about Intelsat business jet connectivity solutions.

FlexExec is offered exclusively through Satcom Direct (SD) and gives you the power of performance and flexibility now and well into the future.