Tag: in-flight
NEWS Jun 15, 2026 Delta CEO Defends Amazon Choice Over Starlink for Next-Generation In-Flight Wi-Fi Delta CEO Ed Bastian explains why the airline picked Amazon's LEO over SpaceX's Starlink to power its free in-flight internet service. Read More →
NEWS Jun 12, 2026 Lufthansa A380 Diverts to Boston After Passenger Attacks Seatmate Mid-Flight A Lufthansa Airbus A380 flying from Los Angeles to Munich diverted to Boston after a passenger allegedly attacked the person seated next to him. Read More →
NEWS Jun 10, 2026 Delta Air Flight Diverts After Passenger is Accused of Slapping Female Crew Member’s Bottom Because She Skipped Him During Beverage Service A Delta Air Lines passenger faces federal charges after allegedly slapping a flight attendant on the buttocks when she skipped him during beverage service. Read More →
NEWS Jun 09, 2026 United Airlines Installs First Starlink Internet System on Boeing 777 Widebody Fleet United Airlines completes its first Starlink Wi-Fi prototype installation on a Boeing 777, marking a major step in its fleetwide connectivity rollout. Read More →
NEWS Jun 08, 2026 Wizz Air Leads Budget Airline Bet on Starlink as Fleet-Wide WiFi Pipeline Tops 200 Aircraft Wizz Air has become the first European ultra-low-cost carrier to commit to Starlink WiFi, joining a growing list of airlines that have earmarked more than 200 aircraft for the Starlink-powered system. Read More →
NEWS Jun 03, 2026 When Cabin Calm Breaks at 32,000 Feet: What the Frontier Incident Tells Us About Air Travel Today A Frontier Airlines passenger tried to open an emergency exit mid-flight to Chicago. Here's what happened and what it means for travelers. Read More →
NEWS May 26, 2026 American Airlines Has Finally Chosen Starlink for Its Narrowbody Fleet American Airlines has ended months of deliberation and confirmed SpaceX's Starlink as its next-generation in-flight Wi-Fi provider, committing to install the low Earth orbit satellite system across more than 500 narrowbody aircraft beginning in the first quarter of 2027. Read More →
NEWS May 19, 2026 United Airlines Flew Passengers Across the Pacific for 13 Hours With No Screens, No Wi-Fi and No Way to Charge Their Devices A routine transpacific journey turned into an uncomfortable test of endurance for passengers aboard United Airlines flight UA-804 after a technical fault rendered the entire cabin entertainment infrastructure inoperable for the full duration of the flight. Read More →
NEWS Apr 22, 2026 Amazon Has Built a Satellite Antenna for Airplanes That Competes With Starlink's In-Flight Wi-Fi Amazon has drawn the clearest battle line yet in the race to dominate satellite connectivity aboard commercial aircraft. Read More →
NEWS Apr 16, 2026 United, American Silently Remove Free T-Mobile Inflight WiFi Option Millions of T-Mobile customers who have come to rely on free in-flight Wi-Fi as a standard perk of their mobile plan are discovering a quiet but consequential change at 35,000 feet. Read More →