Southwest Airlines completes its first commercial flight equipped with Starlink satellite internet
Story Overview
Southwest's June 22 Dallas-to-Albuquerque flight on a single 737-800 marked the first time passengers experienced Starlink's satellite link running nonstop from gate departure through arrival, turning the cabin into a streaming, gaming, and work zone rather than the usual dead zone.
Who pays and who rides free
Loyalty members get the connection at no charge while others pay eight dollars per device for the full flight; the airline has not yet shared measured speeds or reliability numbers from this debut run.
Hundreds of planes still waiting
The carrier aims to outfit more than 300 aircraft by year-end out of a fleet exceeding eight hundred, but the timeline for completing the rest and any effect on earlier Wi-Fi contracts stays unspecified in current reports.
Many users are excited about Southwest Airlines' first Starlink-equipped flight with gate-to-gate Wi-Fi, praising Elon Musk for the improvement, while a few dismiss the product or criticize Musk personally.
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@elonmusk LETS GO!!!! Finally! Those of us who fly Southwest regularly thank you!
@elonmusk "Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations are completely erasing the traditional 'dead zones' of global infrastructure. Upgrading commercial aviation from sluggish legacy satellite links to low-latency, fiber-like speeds completely resets the baseline consumer expectation
Fabulous!!! I now wish I could fly again!!! SW & Starlink should be a winner. In my mid 70’s, retired, personal income 1300/month. However. While working, never making more than around 52k per year, the last few years of work,I was able to save some for investment.
I’m now the proud owner of 23 SPCX stock. Had to sell other stock to get it, but I so believe in Elon Musk’s ethos that it was worth the risk. So, the investment was in Elon. I also bought Tesla stock at 190/share a few years ago and it’s now over 400/share. Sold all my Apple stock to purchase Tesla.
Apple, I just couldn’t continue to go along with your 100/100 score for Wokeness, according to http://buy.wokefree.com
If interested, another post will have the “Woke” breakdown of major tech companies.
@elonmusk Dat bih gah!
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@elonmusk It feels so sad when boarding a plane without Starlink. It truly is remarkable. Probably because I am older and remember nothing but wired everything and lack of an online Universe. It was a barren wasteland just ripe for the taking. Kinda like Space is now 🔮✨🩵💚💙
@elonmusk Nice ,we can have perfect connection now
@elonmusk Southwest + Starlink just unlocked the best upgrade for flyers! 🛰️✈️
@elonmusk This is such a great news! Congratulations @starlink
@elonmusk I am proud of Elon, my sons school is in middle of nowhere in Kenya’s rural district and the internet is so strong and fast
@elonmusk I’m now outfitted Starlink on my overland 3500HD
@elonmusk In the future, all planes will have WiFi and those that don’t will feel so archaic lol
@elonmusk Focus on the Drinks @Elonmusk; not wifi
@elonmusk This would really help with pretending that there's nobody else around. ❤️
@elonmusk Cool
@elonmusk We just ordered our Starlink mini! Americas 250th Bday celebration in DC here we come 🍾🎉🎊
@elonmusk Tell @Delta to get with the program.
@elonmusk Ready for take off 🎉
@elonmusk Loading vacation pictures mid air!! ❤️❤️👌
@elonmusk I am on a Southwest flight with poor WiFi. Southwest I applaud you making the upgrade.