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Southwest to outfit 300+ 737s with Starlink Wi‑Fi — first aircraft this summer, fleetwide by year‑end

Southwest Airlines will retrofit more than 300 aircraft with SpaceX Starlink satellite Wi‑Fi, beginning with a first installation this summer and completing the rollout by year‑end 2026. The carrier says the service will be free to passengers as part of its ongoing onboard-experience upgrades.

Discovered 2026-02-11T13:55:26.233024-08:00 | 2026-02-11T13:55:26.233024-08:00

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  • Southwest plans to retrofit more than 300 aircraft with Starlink, with the first installation this summer and completion by year‑end — a material, near-term fleet investment in onboard connectivity that changes passenger-facing service metrics.

  • The free Starlink rollout is part of Southwest's broader customer-product overhaul (assigned seating, cabin changes and new ancillary strategies) and will interact directly with those commercial moves: see recent reporting on the airline's assigned seating rollout and cabin reconfigurations (assigned seating) and financial outlook (EPS guidance and revenue shifts).

  • The program aligns Southwest with other global carriers adopting Starlink, signalling accelerating industry uptake of satellite broadband for inflight connectivity and elevating expectations for passenger experience and operational digital services (industry focus on onboard innovation).

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