Elon Musk and Qatar Airways Group CEO discussed Starlink over video call using the technology amid the airline debuting Starlink Wi-Fi on a flight. (Credit: Qatar Airways)
Qatar Airways debuted Starlink Wi-Fi on one of its planes earlier in the week.
The Boeing 777 jet completed a long-haul Doha-to-London flight on Tuesday, making it the airline’s first to feature the satellite-based internet from Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s Starlink.
“Starlink is now live on a 777 for the first time and will soon be available for all passengers flying on @QatarAirways!” Starlink said in a Tuesday X post about the debut flight.
In this photo illustration, the American satellite internet constellation and subsidiary of the aerospace company SpaceX owned and operated by Elon Musk, Starlink, logo seen displayed on a smartphone with an economic stock exchange index graph in the (Budrul Chukrut/SOPA…