American Airlines is getting Starlink Wi-Fi

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: American Airlines level are takeoff and lands astatine San Francisco International Airport (SFO) successful San Francisco, California, United States connected May 12, 2026. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) | Anadolu via Getty Images

American Airlines is readying to instal SpaceX's Starlink Wi-Fi successful hundreds of its airplanes, the hose announced today.

American says the deployment volition commencement successful the archetypal 4th of 2027, and volition span much than 500 aircraft, including its caller A321XLR and A321neo planes from Airbus. Starlink volition articulation Viastat and SES (previously known arsenic Intelstat) arsenic among the airline's Wi-Fi providers.

American is the latest aerial bearer to crook to Elon Musk's Starlink for its Wi-Fi needs. Others see United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Lufthansa Group, British Airways, Qatar Airways, Alaska Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines. Meanwhile, Delta Ai …

Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.