CARLSBAD, Calif., March 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat
Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today
announced it has partnered with five of its global airline
customers—Aeromexico, Azul, Delta Air Lines, Icelandair and Neos—to
support UN Women by driving awareness towards "gender equality
today for a sustainable future tomorrow" in the context of the
commemoration of International Women's Day.
Throughout the month of March
2022, Viasat and each of the participating airlines will
make content from UN Women accessible to connected passengers while
in-flight. This International Women's Day, UN Women will amplify
their call for the recognition of women and girls as leaders and
change-makers implementing sustainability initiatives worldwide.
They will also call for greater involvement and inclusion of women
and girls in decision-making, design and implementation of durable
solutions for the future of our planet.
Connected passengers on participating airlines will be prompted
to learn more about UN Women's work in one of two ways, depending
on the airline: 1) an incentive to receive 15 minutes of free
in-flight Wi-Fi from Viasat in exchange for watching a
thirty-second streaming campaign video, or 2) a creative display
that directs passengers to UN Women's site, where there will be an
option to donate to support women and girls leading
efforts to protect and restore the planet.
Don Buchman, Viasat's vice
president and general manager, Commercial Aviation, said: "As an
organization that champions gender equality in meaningful ways,
we're proud to support UN Women, along with many of our airline
partners, in using satellite technology and bandwidth to connect
passengers with this important message through in-flight
connectivity."
Aldijana Sisic, Chief of
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships at Advisory Service at UN Women
added: "Women and girls are long standing and effective
change-makers whose leadership, commitment to action and
entrepreneurship are critical to achieving sustainable
socio-environmental results worldwide. We welcome action taken by
Viasat and the participating airlines, Aeromexico, Azul, Delta Air
Lines, Icelandair and Neos, to raise awareness about our message in
unique ways to a broader audience of passengers
in-flight."
To learn more about UN Women's 2022 International Women's Day
campaign, please visit UN Women's website. More about Viasat's
position on gender equality can be found in the Company's inaugural
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, issued in
October 2021, here.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications
company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers,
businesses, governments and militaries around the world
communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global
communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable,
fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the
ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat,
visit: www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or
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Forward-Looking Statements
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contains forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe
harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include among
others, statements related to the relationship between Viasat,
Aeromexico, Azul, Delta Airlines, Icelandair and Neos; and the
availability of content from the 2022 UN Women's campaign. Readers
are cautioned that actual results could differ materially and
adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ include: risks
associated with the operation of the satellite(s) used to supply
these services, including the effect of any anomaly, operational
failure or degradation in satellite performance; contractual
problems; product defects; regulatory issues; technologies that do
not perform according to expectations; and other factors affecting
the aviation sector generally. In addition, please refer to the
risk factors contained in Viasat's SEC filings available
at www.sec.gov, including Viasat's most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made.
Viasat undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements for any reason.
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