Hawaiian Airlines Starlink WiFi

Hawaiian Airlines is the original Starlink airline. It announced its partnership with SpaceX in April 2022 — more than two years before United, Qatar or any other major carrier — and was the first airline anywhere to put Starlink Aviation into revenue service. Today around 45 of its 60 aircraft carry the satellite system, a 75% fleet coverage rate that ranks among the highest of any commercial operator in the world. The rollout reflects the structure of the fleet. Every Airbus A330-200 used on Hawaiian's long-haul network to the US mainland, Japan and Australia is equipped, as is the Airbus A321neo subfleet that runs interisland and shorter West Coast services. The Boeing 787-9 fleet, which began arriving in 2024, is being delivered with provisions for Starlink and is the remaining piece of the fleet-wide picture; coverage is expected to follow the 787 ramp-up through 2026. Following the September 2024 close of the Alaska Airlines merger, much of Hawaiian's network now also runs under Alaska's AS flight codes while continuing to be operated by Hawaiian metal — meaning the AS-numbered flights between Hawaii and the US mainland inherit Hawaiian's Starlink coverage. For passengers the experience is straightforward: WiFi is free for everyone, in every cabin, on every equipped aircraft. There is no MileagePlus-equivalent gating, no business-class lockout, no purchase pages. Connect once on entry and the connection holds for the duration of the flight, with typical reported speeds of 30 to 80 Mbps — a transformational change on long over-water transpacific routes that were historically among the worst in the world for in-flight connectivity.