United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes

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United Airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade on of its jets, thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. After teasing “something big” for the skies, United says that it will start testing Starlink’s fast Wi-Fi service in early 2025, with the first passenger flights expected later next year.

United is installing Starlink Wi-Fi into all its aircraft, more than 1,000 planes, over the next several years and the service will be free for passengers. “Everything you can do on the ground, you’ll soon be able to do onboard a United plane at 35,000 feet, just about anywhere in the world,” says United CEO Scott Kirby.

One mile at a time reports that United currently has four different Wi-Fi providers, with regional jets utilizing…

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