American Airlines to Install Starlink on 500 Jets

Starlink, which has over 9,000 active satellites in space, has already served more than 21 million airline passengers.

An American Airlines jet lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside Washington on Jan. 31, 2025. Jeenah Moon/Reuters

American Airlines is planning to deploy Starlink Wi-Fi in more than 500 of its narrowbody aircraft starting in the first quarter of 2027, the company said in a May 26 statement.

The installations will be done across the airline’s fleet of Airbus aircraft, including the new A321neo and A321XLR deliveries, American said. The company expects Starlink, with thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, to deliver “multigigabit connectivity” to aircraft via its Aero Terminal, which promises speeds up to 1 Gbps per antenna.