Starlink Is Now Available on All Hawaiian Airlines Airbus Flights

Hot on the heels of United Airlines' Starlink announcement, Hawaiian Airlines said it, too, is offering "fast and free Starlink Wi-Fi" across its entire Airbus fleet. CNET reports: Hawaiian Airlines is now the first major carrier to use Elon Musk's satellite internet service, which taps more than 7,000 satellites in low earth orbit to deliver high-speed internet worldwide. "In Starlink's low earth orbit constellation of advanced satellites, the latest of which utilize a revolutionary laser mesh network, we found an ideal solution to ensure reliable, high-speed, low-latency Wi-Fi on transpacific flights," a Hawaiian Airlines representative told CNET. "Working with Starlink has allowed us to offer a fast and consistent in-flight connectivity experience that meets our high standard for guest service."

The company first debuted Starlink on its planes in February on a flight from Honolulu to Long Beach, California. It first struck a deal with Starlink in 2022 and has now completed installation across its entire Airbus fleet, which includes 24 A330 planes and 18 A321neos. Hawaiian Airlines will also deploy the service on its two Boeing 787-9 planes, but not its Boeing 717 aircraft, which are used on shorter flights between the Hawaiian Islands.

Hopefully this makes all airlines

[saloomy]

Get rid of stupid $50 flight long internet access. Such a stupid fee.

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[chuckugly]

The airlines I use typically have about $8 or $10 fee for the whole flight, which if anything is even more stupid. Just charge everyone $3 and switch it on already.

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[AmiMoJo]

The small fee probably helps discourage the worst offenders, who would be making hours long Skype calls and the like.

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[thegarbz]

They are flight long fees. Why would you think someone is willing to pay a small fee to say use facebook, but draws the line at a skype call?

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[Randseed]

Nah. People who want to sit on Skype or stream cat videos the entire flight won't be discouraged by that.