Alaska Air will be online online online starting next year

The Internet is on the plane, but more and more airlines He thinks Starlink is the solution. The latest signing company with a subsidiary Spacex is the Alaska Air Group, which Declare It will start providing Wi-Fi next year and expanding the service to its entire fleet by 2027. “With Starlink already on (Alaska Air Group (Hawaiiian Airlines Airlines, we are proud that we will provide … connect a gate to almost every plane via all of the flying in both planes.”

I noticed the company in a sporadic Announcing that it will be provided for free for the new loyalty program members named ATMOS rewards. The T-Mobile, a partner with Alaska, will also provide a smooth and free “Wi-Fi record” to Starlink on board, with more details that will be announced later this year. Alaska Air has described the benefits of “high-speed speeds … up to 7X faster than the geological satellite-based Wi-Fi systems that most airlines use today.”

Other airlines may also jump. British Airways is also about to announce the Starlink deal, Bloomberg This was reported, as reported was Spacex in a conversation with the Emirates in Dubai. Both are the leading transportation companies in their countries, so winning the work will be a major coup in favor of Starlink against old operators such as Viasat and Echostar.

The shift to Starlink is not necessarily cheap. According to what is reported, it costs about 300,000 dollars to prepare 737 and about half a million to install the system on 787 Dreamliner. Moreover, airlines pay about $ 120 per month per seat, in addition to another $ 120 for direct TV, according to Bloombergsources. (None of the airlines in the negotiations confirmed any details.)

Despite these costs, internet transport companies on trusted internet sees as a potential change for games, as it will allow customers to work, communicate, flow videos or direct television. If the latter can be reliably possible, airlines may be allowed to get rid of heavy and expensive entertainment systems upon request.

The main negative aspect of potential customers is the owner of Spacex, Elon Musk. Some may look at their broken relationship with US President Donald Trump negative, while final users may be stopped through his political affiliation-something he has Apparently affected Tesla EVS sales recently.