Flying is getting sooner, and it has nothing to do with jet engines. Emirates is bringing speedy Starlink Wi-Fi web entry to its wide-body fleet of plane this month, beginning with a airplane at the moment on show on the Dubai Airshow. Attendees can board that Boeing 777-300ER to check out the service on the bottom earlier than it goes into service after the airshow, which ends Nov. 21.
Simply as notable: Emirates is making the Starlink Wi-Fi free to all passengers, with out requiring a membership within the airline’s Skywards loyalty program.
The corporate plans to outfit its whole fleet of 232 plane with the Starlink know-how over the subsequent two years at a tempo of about 14 planes per thirty days. That features its Airbus A380 plane, which resulting from their measurement will get three Starlink antennas to cowl all cabins, in comparison with two antennas on different wide-body craft just like the Boeing 777. The Airbus installations are resulting from begin in February 2026.
The Starlink antennas on most planes are aerodynamic bumps on high of the airplane. This picture reveals the set up on a United Airways Boeing 737-800.
As I found on a latest take a look at flight aboard United Airlines’ first mainline aircraft to put Starlink Wi-Fi into service, the know-how feels such as you’re linked to on a regular basis web, not the usually restricted in-flight Wi-Fi present in most planes. It permits video streaming onto your units, together with reside tv and sports activities, with loads of bandwidth to share.
Emirates says that reside TV over Starlink will initially be out there on private units after which on seatback screens beginning in late December.
