United Airlines Flies First Transatlantic Flight Powered by Starlink Wi-Fi

United Airlines today marked another milestone in its Starlink rollout, flying its first international widebody service with the Wi-Fi on United flight 14 from Newark (EWR) to London (LHR) aboard a Boeing 777.

The jet will be the first of nearly 60 United widebody jets that the airline says will have Starlink by the end of the year. Eventually, the plan is for United to have its entire widebody fleet outfitted with Starlink by next summer.

United announced its commitment to Starlink last spring, and in the months since, it has already equipped a massive portion of its fleet. As of today, more than 400 of its aircraft have Starlink, and the airline expects to accelerate that to close to 1,000 Starlink-equipped aircraft before the end of this year.

United’s international travelers can expect to see Starlink if they are flying its 777-200 jets between hubs in Newark/New York, Washington D.C., Houston, and San Francisco, and popular international destinations like London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and more.

Starlink has become the Wi-Fi provider for the travel industry since coming online just a few years ago. A growing number of U.S. airlines, including Southwest, American Airlines, Alaska, and Hawaiian have all opted for Starlink. The same goes for a growing number of international carriers, including Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, WestJet, and more.

The most major holdout is Delta Air Lines, which chose Amazon’s Leo for it’s Wi-Fi.