airBaltic Starlink WiFi — 96% Fleet Coverage

airBaltic is one of the most thoroughly Starlink-equipped airlines in Europe. The Latvian flag carrier announced its Starlink Aviation partnership in December 2022 — making it one of the earliest commitments anywhere in the world, just months after Hawaiian Airlines — and has now equipped 48 of its 50 aircraft, a 96% coverage rate that effectively closes the rollout. Any airBaltic flight today is, in practice, a Starlink flight. The fleet is single-type and modern, which made the rollout exceptionally fast. airBaltic flies only the Airbus A220-300 (ICAO type BCS3); 31 of the 39 airframes that appear in tail-number tracking are confirmed equipped, with the headline 48-of-50 figure reflecting the broader fleet including airframes recently delivered. The same A220 sub-fleet covers everything from short Riga to Stockholm hops to ACMI wet-lease operations on behalf of other European carriers, which means the Starlink coverage extends to aircraft operating under flight numbers that are not technically airBaltic's own. For passengers, WiFi is offered as a paid service rather than the free model used by United, Hawaiian or JSX — pricing tiers are published in the airBaltic mobile app and at airbaltic.com, with different bands for messaging, browsing and streaming. The connection itself is available on every seat regardless of fare class; airBaltic does not run a business cabin, so cabin-specific gating does not apply. The A220-300 is a quieter, slimmer-windowed aircraft than older European narrow-bodies, and combined with Starlink the overall onboard experience is positioned closer to a premium product than airBaltic's economy fares would suggest.