[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-american-airlines-doubles-starlink-wifi-rollout-by-2027":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10778,"american-airlines-doubles-starlink-wifi-rollout-by-2027","American Airlines Doubles Starlink Wifi Rollout by 2027","American Airlines will fit its entire mainline fleet with Starlink wifi by 2027, more than double the number of planes it had committed to earlier this year.","American Airlines now plans to put Starlink wifi on every mainline jet it flies by 2027.\n\nThe airline has expanded its SpaceX-powered wifi rollout to cover its full mainline fleet, a commitment more than double the aircraft count it had quoted earlier this year. Mainline jets are the narrow-body and wide-body planes American flies on its main domestic and international routes, as distinct from the regional aircraft operated by its subsidiary carriers. The expanded number suggests American is accelerating installation rather than just adding a few extra planes to a pilot program.\n\nThis matters because in-flight wifi has been a punchline for two decades, with airlines promising fast internet and delivering buffering video calls instead. If American actually gets Starlink onto its whole mainline fleet on this timeline, speed and reliability stop being a coin-flip and start being something airlines can compete on, rather than an asterisk next to the loyalty program perks.\n\nAirlines are reliably good at announcing wifi upgrades and less reliable at finishing them on schedule. Doubling the committed aircraft count mid-rollout is a good sign of momentum, but 2027 is still a date on a press release, not a date on an invoice. Believe it when the dish is on the plane.","[\"starlink\",\"american-airlines\",\"in-flight-wifi\",\"spacex\"]","2026-10-08T16:57:00.000Z","2026-10-09T12:49:34.000Z","2026-10-09T12:49:38.682Z","published",null,[],"general",[26,27,28,29],"starlink","american-airlines","in-flight-wifi","spacex",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2281334\u002Famerican-airlines-is-bringing-starlink-wi-fi-to-its-entire-mainline-fleet-in-2027\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,52,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6534,"2026-10-08T20:04:26.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",923,"2026-10-08T19:57:17.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Policy","policy",481,"2026-10-08T19:45:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Deals","deals",473,"2026-10-08T20:20:51.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Hardware","hardware",229,"2026-10-08T20:47:10.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Science","science",190,"2026-10-08T21:23:31.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",180,"2026-10-08T18:21:59.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Startups","startups",117,"2026-10-08T16:45:00.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",114,"2026-10-08T17:57:01.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":24,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"General",65,"2026-10-08T19:06:41.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Gaming","gaming",58,"2026-10-08T20:08:45.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",34,"2026-10-08T14:00:22.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]