{"id":142081,"date":"2025-01-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/united-airlines-now-says-first-flights-with-starlink-wi-fi-will-take-off-spring-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:00:00","slug":"united-airlines-now-says-first-flights-with-starlink-wi-fi-will-take-off-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/united-airlines-now-says-first-flights-with-starlink-wi-fi-will-take-off-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines now says first flights with Starlink Wi-Fi will take off spring 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Last year, United announced its intention to upgrade its in-flight Wi-Fi using SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellites, with testing expected to start in the spring and the first equipped flights coming later in the year. Now the airline says it will start testing \u201cnext month,\u201d followed by the first commercial flight on an Embraer E-175 aircraft \u2014 a narrow-body aircraft for regional flights that can fit up to 88 passengers \u2014 in the spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On top of that, United now plans to outfit its entire two-cabin regional fleet by the end of 2025 and have its first mainline Starlink-enabled plane in the air before the end of this year. Ultimately, the airline expects to have its entire fleet of nearly 1,000 planes outfitted with Starlink Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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United currently has four different Wi-Fi providers, according to travel site One Mile At A Time<\/em><\/a>, with regional jets utilizing Intelsat (formerly Gogo) and most wide-body jets using Panasonic Wi-Fi. United also uses Viasat Wi-Fi on most of its 737 Max aircraft, some A319s, and A321neos. Viasat is the best of the bunch in terms of speeds and is commonly found on American and Delta flights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But while a number of international carriers have announced similar plans to add Starlink to their fleets, United is still alone among the major domestic carriers to adopt the SpaceX-owned technology. (JSX and Hawaiian have both said they plan on adding Starlink to their airplanes.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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United now plans to outfit its entire two-cabin regional fleet by the end of 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And while in-flight Wi-Fi remains slow and unreliable for most air travelers, we seem to quickly be approaching a tipping point on expectations for fast, free connectivity. Mobile device owners are growing accustomed to uninterrupted video streaming and other conveniences wherever they are \u2014 even while thousands of feet in the air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Starlink boasts<\/a> download speeds of 40\u2013220Mbps and upload speeds of 8\u201325Mbps per terminal, which United says can support streaming, gaming, and even videoconferencing. United says its Starlink-enabled Wi-Fi will be free to its MileagePlus loyalty customers (for which signups are also free).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have a lot planned for our MileagePlus members this year and adding Starlink to as many planes as we can \u2013 as quickly as we can \u2013 is at the center of it all,\u201d said Richard Nunn, CEO of United MileagePlus, in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s not only going to revolutionize the experience of flying United, but it\u2019s also going to unlock tons of new partnerships and benefits for our members that otherwise wouldn\u2019t be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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