SpaceX has signed an agreement to provide Starlink internet service on flights.
"The service will be provided at no cost to all JSX clients and will not need logging in or other complications associated with traditional systems," a JSX official said in an emailed statement.
Key Highlights
- Elon Musk's SpaceX has won its first contract to provide in-flight internet connectivity on aeroplanes via its Starlink constellation of broadband satellites.
- According to Space.com, the service will be available to JSX clients later this year.
- JSX is a charter aircraft company that plans to equip 100 planes with Starlink-provided in-flight Wi-Fi.
- Delta Airlines, on the other hand, told the Wall Street Journal that it has conducted "exploratory testing" on "Starlink's internet equipment in an effort to potentially recruit business consumers."
- Neither SpaceX nor its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, have commented on the JSX agreement on Twitter to date, but Musk announced in 2021 that SpaceX was considering alternative Starlink aircraft designs.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX has won its first contract to provide in-flight internet connectivity on aeroplanes via its Starlink constellation of broadband satellites. According to Space.com, the service will be available to JSX clients later this year. JSX is a charter aircraft company that plans to equip 100 planes with Starlink-provided in-flight Wi-Fi.
A JSX representative said in an emailed statement that the service will be given free of charge to all JSX clients and will eliminate the need for logins and other hassles associated with existing systems.
Delta Airlines, on the other hand, told the Wall Street Journal that it has conducted "exploratory testing" on "Starlink's internet equipment in an effort to potentially recruit business consumers." Neither SpaceX nor its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, have commented on the JSX agreement on Twitter to date, but Musk announced in 2021 that SpaceX was considering alternative Starlink aircraft designs.
"The schedule driver has regulatory approval," Musk previously tweeted about the Federal Aviation Administration, which governs the airline industry. Each type of aircraft must be certified. We're concentrating on the 737 and A320 for now, with development testing on the Gulfstream, "he stated.
According to rumours, Musk did not include JSX's Embraer ERJa jets on his list at the time. Regional jets, on the other hand, appeal to business travellers due to their low volume (30 seats per aircraft) and point-to-point service between several large locations, primarily in the western United States and Texas.
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