Federal regulators gave the go-ahead Monday for United Airlines to join forces with Starlink to launch its first commercial flight with the Wi-Fi system in May, according to the airline.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized the use of satellite internet from Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, on United’s Embraer 175 aircraft, a company press release said. (RELATED: FAA Reportedly Considering Replacing Verizon With Musk’s Starlink For $2 Billion Air Traffic Control Contract)
Starlink is a satellite internet network that aims to provide “high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity across the globe, including to locations where internet has traditionally been too expensive, unreliable, or entirely unavailable,” according to their website.
“The FAA has approved our first aircraft equipped with the fastest Wi-Fi in the sky. That green…
