Tokyo-based LCC Zipair has operated Asia\u2019s first commercial passenger flight equipped with SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellite internet service as flight ZG045 from Tokyo (Narita) to Incheon, South Korea.<\/p>\n
Beyond offering passenger wi-fi, Starlink will enable connectivity for the low-cost, long-haul carrier\u2019s onboard systems including the airline\u2019s inflight commerce and real-time payment authorisation. are connected under a single onboard network.<\/p>\n
READ: Zipair becomes first Asian airline to select\u00a0 Starlink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The airline hopes that the new technology can help it expand digital services onboard, simplify crew workflows, and expand ancillary revenue opportunities.<\/p>\n Starlink installation began in early February and will be completed across Zipair\u2019s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet by spring 2026, making it the first airline in Asia to operate a fully Starlink-enabled fleet across its entire route network.<\/p>\n Shingo Nishida, President of Zipair said: \u201cBy integrating Starlink across our entire fleet by this spring, we are making free, high-speed connectivity a basic expectation of travel for every passenger.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Zipair begins Starlink-equipped flights<\/a> appeared first on Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tokyo-based LCC Zipair has operated Asia\u2019s first commercial passenger flight equipped with SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellite internet service as flight ZG045 from Tokyo (Narita) to Incheon, South Korea. Beyond offering passenger wi-fi, Starlink will enable connectivity for the low-cost, long-haul carrier\u2019s onboard systems including the airline\u2019s inflight commerce and real-time payment authorisation. are connected under a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}