Starlink offers high-speed connectivity to remote parts of the planet, but the price, for now, is high.
Lack of connection is something that is often missed at more than 10,000 feet. For there, an airline from hawaii It promises to provide free internet so its passengers can continue to connect to their cell phones or work away from home, and without having to rent expensive Wi-Fi plans.
As revealed by the American network CNBC, Hawaii airlines signed an agreement to offer the service SpaceX’s Starlinkowned by Elon Musk, aboard all of his transpacific flights from 2023.
Initially, it will be available to passengers flying aboard a Airbus A321neo, Airbus 330 or Boeing 787-9 and you’ll have free, relatively low latency Wi-Fi that should be fast enough for streaming media and playing online games.
However, the airline acknowledged that so far they have no plans to add satellite access to the planes. Boeing 717 providing short-haul flights between the Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaiian makes the deal the first major airline to use Starlink.
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service has signed an alliance with Hawaiian Airlines. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
SpaceX signed its first airline agreement earlier this month with the service JSX charteroperating shorter and lower capacity flights.
Meanwhile, the company Delta conducted tests on Starlink but so far it is not clear whether this Internet connection provider will finally ratify it or at least when it will be made official.
The deal with Hawaiian Airlines does not necessarily guarantee more in-flight business for SpaceX. Some major airlines already offer satellite Internet service to passengers, and they may not be in a hurry to replace equipment that sometimes takes years to install.
However, the new deal gives SpaceX a significant foothold and it’s no surprise that more airlines are testing Starlink before long.
Amazon is also entering the satellite internet business
Jeff Bezos also seeks to compete with Elon Musk on satellite internet providers. Photo: AP
The e-commerce giant also spoke about starting to provide satellite internet soon. In early April, it announced agreements with companies Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) for more than 80 launches into space that will bring thousands of satellites into orbit low ground.
“The contracts provide for 83 were launched in five yearsallowing Amazon to deploy most of its 3,236-satellite constellation, ”the company said in a statement.
The e-commerce giant, which diversifies its digital storage services, says it is the largest commercial order for rockets in history.
However, the total cost and the agreed launch schedule to carry out Kuiper Project from Amazon is not published.
“We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but the team continues to achieve milestone after milestone in every aspect of our satellite system,” Amazon Vice President Dave Limp said in the statement.
“The Kuiper Project will provide fast and affordable broadband to tens of millions of customers in underserved and underserved communities around the world.
Despite its size, Amazon’s fast satellite Internet project isn’t the first.
Billionaire Elon Musk, head of the space company SpaceX, has already put 2,000 satellites into orbit – out of a planned total of 12,000 – to create his own Starlink internet network, which already sells services in many countries. .
And Britain’s OneWeb has already shipped about 428 of the 648 satellites planned for its own service.
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Source: Clarin
