Intelsat along with LATAM Airlines Group announced Intelsat's connectivity service will be installed in its fleet of Airbus narrow body aircraft including A320ceo and A320neo variants, based in Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. The installations will include up to 160 total aircraft and will take three years to complete. Approximately 70 new-delivery aircraft are expected to be installed with Intelsat's 2Ku system by Airbus, prior to delivery to LATAM, at its manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Europe.

When completed the entire fleet of LATAM narrow body aircraft will be served by Intelsat's IFC service. With an initial $2B investment, Intelsat is building the world's first global unified network to support the next generation of global mobility. This includes a new fleet of software-defined satellites (SDS) to meet airline passenger demand for streaming-quality inflight connectivity.

Intelsat brings airlines the scale and flexibility they depend upon to deliver outstanding passenger experiences at any point in their route or network.