airBaltic to Offer Complimentary High-Speed Wifi on All Flights

January 10, 2023

RIGA, 10 JAN | Latvian Airline, airBaltic has announced a partnership with SpaceX's Starlink to provide free high-speed wifi on its entire fleet of Airbus A220-300 aircraft. This comes just days after leading American carrier, Delta announced a similar move.

Developed by SpaceX, Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet in over 40 countries and counting around the world and began serving commercial aircraft last year with in-flight high-speed internet. With satellites positioned in low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 550 km, over 65 times closer than conventional geostationary satellites, Starlink achieves significantly lower latency and higher transmission speeds for its end users. Starlink can deliver up to 350 Mbps to aircraft, and with latency as low as 20 ms, passengers can engage in activities previously not functional in flight, including online gaming, virtual private networks, and other high data rate activities.

According to the airline, every passenger will benefit from complimentary, in-flight high-speed internet access during all airBaltic flights without hassles or login pages.

For decades, wifi has been priced at a premium onboard flights, but with this trend increasing, free high-speed wifi might become the new normal in the sky.

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