British Airways\u2019 first aircraft equipped with Starlink Wi-Fi has entered service.<\/p>\n
The 787-8 aircraft bound for Houston is the first in the airline\u2019s fleet to be connected, giving customers fast wifi.\u00a0 Within the next two years the entire British Airways fleet of more than 300 aircraft will have this new technology available for all customers free of charge.<\/p>\n
READ:\u00a0Virgin selects Boeing for Starlink IFC modifications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Describing the launch as \u201ca landmark moment,\u201d Sean Doyle, British Airways\u2019 Chairman and Chief Executive said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be the first UK airline to bring this level of connectivity to our customers\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis milestone is part of a wider investment in elevating every aspect of our customer journey as we continue to modernise our airline\u201d.<\/p>\n As well as improving the experience for customers on board, who can enjoy home-like connectivity even at 38,000 feet \u2014 the same high-speed service will enable the airline\u2019s Cabin Crew and Flight Crew to communicate seamlessly in real time with colleagues on the ground.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post British Airways installs Starlink on first 787-8<\/a> appeared first on Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" British Airways\u2019 first aircraft equipped with Starlink Wi-Fi has entered service. The 787-8 aircraft bound for Houston is the first in the airline\u2019s fleet to be connected, giving customers fast wifi.\u00a0 Within the next two years the entire British Airways fleet of more than 300 aircraft will have this new technology available for all customers […]<\/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-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","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=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}