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(Reuters) -United Airways stated on Sunday it expects to start testing Elon Musk’s Starlink in February for in-flight web providers, and to first supply the connectivity on a industrial flight operated by Embraer E-175 plane this spring.
The airline plans to outfit its complete two-cabin regional fleet with the service by the tip of 2025 and have its first Starlink-enabled airplane on main routes within the air by the tip of the yr.
Starlink will finally be obtainable on all its flights, the airline stated in an announcement.
Nonetheless, United stated entry can be free just for MileagePlus members, revising an earlier plan to supply free Wi-Fi to all passengers.
Final yr, United signed a take care of Starlink to offer in-flight web providers throughout its complete fleet of over 1,000 plane over the subsequent a number of years.
Starlink, a unit of SpaceX, has inked offers with a number of airways to offer in-flight web providers because it seeks to broaden its attain past shoppers and households in rural areas world wide with little to no web entry.
The satellite-based web providers supplier has beforehand signed offers with Hawaiian Airways and regional provider JSX.
