This will be the first time air travelers will have access to high-speed internet that is resistant to poor weather conditions.
“We know customers are going to love this experience, and we think it will give them yet another reason to choose United,” United’s Vice President of Digital Technology Grant Milstead said in a statement.
Customers will be able to access the internet for free as long as they are MileagePlus members, which is free to join. Starlink’s WiFi speed is reportedly 250 megabits per second, and according to United, this “is 50 times faster than current regional aircraft speeds.”
The move comes over a year after United began testing Starlink equipment on its aircraft. Its Embraer 175 will be the first to implement the service, and another 40 planes will add it monthly until over 300 aircraft in United’s fleet have the technology.
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