Alaska Airlines Starlink WiFi: 17 of 400 aircraft equipped

Alaska Airlines reports having equipped 142 of its 400 aircraft with Starlink; we have independently measured 17 of them ourselves so far. The rollout is uneven by aircraft type, and that matters more than the headline number: Alaska says three fleets are complete and four have not started. Alaska reports every Embraer 175 carries Starlink, all ninety of them, and they fly a large share of Alaska's regional network. The airline also reports the 24 A330s and 18 A321neos that came across from Hawaiian are complete, covering the Hawaii and trans-Pacific routes — consistent with Hawaiian's own pre-merger rollout announcement, though we've independently measured only a handful of tails on each type so far. Alaska describes the equipped fleet as its entire regional operation plus the first 50 mainline aircraft. The rest of the mainline Boeing fleet is where the gap sits. Alaska reports ten of the 29 737-8 MAX aircraft are equipped. The 737-800, 737-900ER and 737-9 MAX fleets, more than 200 aircraft between them, have not started per Alaska's own figures. Neither have the five 787-9s. So the aircraft type flying your route matters more than the fleet-wide percentage. An Embraer 175 is close to certain. A 737-900ER is close to zero. Alaska expects its 787-9s to be fitted by the end of 2026 and the whole fleet by the end of 2027. WiFi is free for Atmos Rewards members, funded by T-Mobile, and joining is free.