Delta Picks Amazon Leo For In-flight Wi-fi Starting In 2028

In-flight Wi-Fi connected Delta flights will beryllium provided by Amazon Leo opening successful 2028, nan 2 companies person announced. In a rustle to Elon Musk’s Starlink, Amazon’s woody pinch Delta will spot its outer net work installed connected 500 Delta craft initially, each equipped pinch its ain Leo antenna.

Amazon promises low-latency Wi-Fi pinch download speeds up to 1Gbps and upload speeds up to 400Mbps, allowing passengers to watercourse movies and TV shows, play games and activity arsenic if they were connected nan ground. If you’re a Delta SkyMiles personnel you’ll beryllium capable to usage Leo-powered Wi-Fi for free erstwhile walking to immoderate of nan much than 300 locations Delta flies to.

Amazon presently has astir 200 satellites successful debased Earth orbit, and plans to aggressively accelerate accumulation this year. Delta already uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its preservation systems and applications, 600 of which person been migrated to nan unreality since 2020.

Amazon rebranded its outer web to Amazon Leo (an acronym for debased Earth orbit) past year, arsenic it looks to return nan conflict for in-flight Wi-Fi supremacy to nan much established Starlink. SpaceX has struck deals pinch Alaska Air, United and British Airways among others successful nan past fewer years, truthful Amazon is playing catch-up pinch its not yet operational network.