The first commercial flight to experience the new tech will be onboard a United Express Embraer 175. The FAA has approved United to equip its planes with Starlink.

Starlink testing will begin for the airline next month, with the first commercial flight with the service taking off this spring on a United Embraer E-175 aircraft, according to a press release.

United’s first Starlink flight for paying passengers is scheduled to depart on May 15, a 7:35 a.m. hop on an Embraer 175 regional jet from Chicago to Detroit.

The plane used for Thursday’s flight was a United Embraer E-175, with the tail number UA5717. Currently, United Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, is the only major U.S. airline to offer ...

The first commercial Embraer 175 flight arrived at the Aspen airport on Dec. 3, 2024, as seen in this file photo. United Airlines will exclusively fly the aircraft on its Aspen routes this summer ...

United Airlines flight 5782 landed at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Tuesday morning, marking the first official arrival of the Embraer 175 and a phasing out of the CRJ-700 for at least one ...

The youngest flight passenger who died was Christine Hanson, a 2-year-old on her way to Disneyland on United Airlines Flight 175. The oldest was Robert Norton, 82, on American Airlines Flight 11 ...

United Airlines is speeding up its plan to equip its fleet with Elon Musk’s Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi. The airline expects to install the service on all its two-cabin regional planes by the ...

United Airlines passengers will be able to experience free in-flight Wi-Fi as soon as May through Elon Musk’s broadband satellite service Starlink. The Chicago-based airline announced on Monday ...