{"id":203273,"date":"2025-01-07T11:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/united-airlines-to-roll-out-elon-musks-starlink-wi-fi-on-commercial-flights-this-spring"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:38:36","slug":"united-airlines-to-roll-out-elon-musks-starlink-wi-fi-on-commercial-flights-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/united-airlines-to-roll-out-elon-musks-starlink-wi-fi-on-commercial-flights-this-spring","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines to roll out Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink Wi-Fi on commercial flights this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/united-airlines-to-roll-out-elon-musks-starlink-wi-fi-on-commercial-flights-this-spring.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>United Airlines passengers could have access to Starlink-enabled Wi-Fi <a href=https:\/\/united.mediaroom.com\/2025-01-05-United-Announces-Accelerated-Timeline-for-Starlinks-Industry-Leading-Connectivity-in-the-Sky data-t-l=:b|z|k|u class=gnt_ar_b_a>as soon as this spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company first announced a deal inked with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink <a href=https:\/\/united.mediaroom.com\/2024-09-13-The-Inflight-Wi-Fi-Revolution-Now-Arriving-United-Signs-Starlink-Deal-to-Provide-Industry-Leading-Connectivity-in-the-Sky-For-Free target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|u class=gnt_ar_b_a>in September<\/a>, promising customers that it would offer \u201cfast, reliable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/airline-news\/2022\/05\/09\/plane-wifi-cost-internet\/9621491002\/\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Wi-Fi service<\/a>\u201d on its mainline and regional aircraft fleet for free.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the company said it had accelerated its planned timeline. Testing is set to begin next month, followed by a rollout that will have United\u2019s two-cabin regional fleet outfitted with Starlink and the first Starlink-enabled plane flying on major routes before the end of the year. United said it will eventually add Starlink to its entire fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Airlines passengers could have access to Starlink-enabled Wi-Fi as soon as this spring. The company first announced a deal inked with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink in September, promising customers that it would offer \u201cfast, reliable Wi-Fi service\u201d on its mainline and regional aircraft fleet for free. On Sunday, the company said it had accelerated its [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}