United Airlines to bring Musk's Starlink on flights by spring


FILE PHOTO United Airlines planes land and prepare to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport during the week of Thanksgiving in Newark New Jersey U.S. November 27 2024.  REUTERSVincent AlbanFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: United Airlines planes land and prepare to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport during the week of Thanksgiving in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo

(Reuters) -United Airlines said on Sunday it expects to begin testing Elon Musk's Starlink in February for in-flight internet services, and to first offer the connectivity on a commercial flight operated by Embraer E-175 aircraft this spring.

The airline plans to outfit its entire two-cabin regional fleet with the service by the end of 2025 and have its first Starlink-enabled plane on major routes in the air by the end of the year.

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