Hawaiian Offer Free Starlink Wi-Fi Across Airbus Fleet
By Geoffrey Thomas Tue Sep 24, 2024
Hawaiian Airlines is now offering Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency Wi-Fi free of charge to passengers onboard all Airbus-operated flights between the islands and the continental U.S, Asia and Oceania.
Hawaiian, which became the first major U.S. carrier to debut Starlink in February on its Airbus A321neo aircraft, has now completed Starlink installation across its 24 A330 fleet.
Passengers can easily connect to Starlink the moment they step onboard the aircraft – just as they would connect to their home internet, and experience internet at speeds suitable for working, streaming video and gaming.
“Becoming the first major airline to offer travellers Starlink at no cost is a remarkable achievement for our team, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the overwhelmingly positive response from guests who have been enjoying our industry-leading connectivity onboard,” said Evan Nomura, director of inflight entertainment and connectivity and onboard products at Hawaiian Airlines.
The airline said that in Starlink’s low-Earth orbit constellation of advanced satellites, the latest of which utilize a revolutionary laser mesh network, Hawaiian found an ideal solution to ensure reliable, high-speed, low-latency connectivity at every point on our global network.
It adds that since its launch on Hawaiian’s Airbus fleet, Starlink has delivered outstanding performance without service interruptions, even while traversing the farthest reaches of the Pacific Ocean.
Hawaiian will also install Starlink on its flagship Boeing 787-9 fleet. The carrier does not plan to deploy the service on its Boeing 717 aircraft, which is used for short flights between the islands.
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