High Stakes As Starlink Enters The Race For More Wi-Fi On Planes
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Alex Wilcox, chief executive officer of JSX, at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in Burbank, … [+] California, US, on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-based internet service has landed its first aviation customer in a deal with startup JSX, which plans to offer the SpaceX units wi-fi to passengers in its first deal with an airline. Photograph: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Starlink has recently gained some footing in the highly regulated and somewhat conservative in-flight connectivity market, but how much room is there in this tightly controlled space for growth and competition? In their report, The Future of In-Flight Connectivity – 2023, Valour Consultancy, analysts in the in-flight connectivity and in-flight entertainment space, predict that more than 22,000 aircraft will offer Wi-Fi onboard by 2032. There’s a high-stakes race to supply the connectivity on those planes. Starlink Gets Onboard Qatar Airways Qatar Airways was the first major global airline to announce a partnership with Starlink, offering free high-speed Wi-Fi on long-haul flights. The airline’s deployment of Starlink is under development. But when it is live, Starlink promises it will give passengers Wi-Fi speeds of up to 350 megabits per second, which they can use for gaming, VPN access, sports streaming, and other high-demand activities onboard. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive H.E. Akbar Al Baker said the “collaboration is not only in line with our industry-leading approach to technological adoption but also serves as an unmissable opportunity to connect Starlink to our global passengers.” SpaceX’s Vice President of Starlink Commercial Sales, Jonathan Hofelleras, highlighted the seamless ground-to-air advantage of Starlink connections. “As soon as passengers step onboard the plane, the internet works seamlessly throughout their flight from gate to gate, and all from the comfort of their seats,” he said. According to David Whelan, author of…
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