Air France plans to connect entire fleet to Starlink Wi-Fi
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- Sep 26, 2024
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TAMPA, Fla. — Air France announced plans Sept. 26 to begin rolling out free Starlink broadband services across its entire fleet in the summer, becoming the latest major airline to partner with SpaceX’s low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
The airline did not provide a timeline for connecting its more than 200, mostly Airbus long-haul and regional aircraft to Starlink in a brief news release.
Starlink would eventually replace Air France’s current inflight connectivity (IFC) providers, including Anuvu, Intelsat and Panasonic Avionics, which use satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO).
Air France said Starlink would enable “ground-like” ultra-high-speed connectivity, enabling passengers to play video games online, stream TV and access other services requiring a low-latency connection via LEO satellites orbiting much nearer Earth than GEO.
The airline’s existing IFC providers have been turning to multi-orbit services in the face of mounting competition from Starlink, including buying LEO capacity from Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation.
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