Tag: starlink
NEWS May 26, 2026 American Airlines Has Finally Chosen Starlink for Its Narrowbody Fleet American Airlines has ended months of deliberation and confirmed SpaceX's Starlink as its next-generation in-flight Wi-Fi provider, committing to install the low Earth orbit satellite system across more than 500 narrowbody aircraft beginning in the first quarter of 2027. Read More →
NEWS May 19, 2026 United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their Devices A routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight. Read More →
NEWS May 04, 2026 Emirates Has Rebuilt Nearly Its Entire Global Network After the Most Severe Aviation Disruption in Gulf History Emirates has announced one of the most significant operational milestones in its 41-year history, the near-complete restoration of its global route network following a period of disruption triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran. Read More →
ROUTES May 01, 2026 WestJet Is Flying to Eight European Cities in Summer 2026 Canada's second-largest airline is opening a new chapter in its transatlantic history by launching eight new nonstop routes to Europe. Read More →
NEWS Apr 30, 2026 British Airways Just Made It a Contractual Offence to Film Cabin Crew Without Permission British Airways has quietly but consequentially updated the legal contract that every passenger enters when they buy a ticket with the airline, adding an explicit prohibition on photographing, filming, or live-streaming cabin crew without their express consent. Read More →
NEWS Apr 27, 2026 Emirates Activates Starlink Satellite Internet on the Landmark A380 Superjumbo Emirates has achieved a world first in commercial aviation by completing the installation of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system aboard an Airbus A380 superjumbo, making it the first airline to operate the technology on the iconic double-decker aircraft. Read More →
NEWS Apr 22, 2026 Amazon Has Built a Satellite Antenna for Airplanes That Competes With Starlink's In-Flight Wi-Fi Amazon has drawn the clearest battle line yet in the race to dominate satellite connectivity aboard commercial aircraft. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 20, 2026 British Airways Has Just Put St. Louis and Guernsey on the Map Two inaugural British Airways flights departed London Heathrow, opening routes that could not be more different in character yet are equally well-timed: a long-haul transatlantic service to St. Louis, Missouri, and a year-round short-haul link to Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Read More →
NEWS Apr 16, 2026 United, American Silently Remove Free T-Mobile Inflight WiFi Option Millions of T-Mobile customers who have come to rely on free in-flight Wi-Fi as a standard perk of their mobile plan are discovering a quiet but consequential change at 35,000 feet. Read More →
NEWS Jan 15, 2026 Why Gogo is Refusing to Join the 'Starlink Speed Race' — And Why It's Winning Anyway In a recent interview with AeroXplorer, Gogo's SVP Dave Falberg made it clear: Gogo isn't competing in a speed race against Starlink. Rather, it is competing in a race of reliability and integration. Read More →