Elon Musk's Starlink to provide in-flight WiFi for Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines plane.
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Elon Musk-owned aerospace company SpaceX announced a deal on Monday to provide Hawaiian Airlines flights with its Starlink satellite internet service, The Verge reports. The company recently made a similar deal with charter carrier JSX.

Both carriers said they're planning to offer the Starlink-provided in-flight WiFi for free, "which is both a semi-miraculous fact and a sign of hope that free WiFi is becoming the industry standard," writes The Verge. And while not an official deal, Delta Air Lines has meanwhile begun running "exploratory" Starlink tests on its carriers.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.