United has flown 31M passengers on Starlink planes; NFL games coming to seatback screens
elonmusk · x · 2026-09-18
Musk amplified United Airlines' figures: over 31 million passengers carried across more than 464,000 Starlink-powered flights, connecting 14.2M devices. Starting this week, passengers can watch NFL games on Starlink-enabled seatback screens. The amplifier reports personally testing 370+ Mbps Wi-Fi speeds on a United flight last month.
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