# Starlink dominates airlines' WiFi rankings

> Seven of the top ten airlines for in-flight WiFi use Elon Musk's Starlink, as carriers race to offer high-speed connectivity as a key customer amenity.
- Title: Starlink dominates airlines' WiFi rankings · Business Insider
- Summary: Seven of the top ten airlines for in-flight WiFi use Elon Musk's Starlink, as carriers race to offer high-speed connectivity as a key customer amenity…
- Keywords: starlink, airlines, in-flight wifi, elon musk, connectivity, skytrax, emirates, virgin atlantic, united airlines, delta air lines, qatar airways, business
- Source: Business Insider — https://businessinsider.com/airlines-best-wifi-internet-ranking-2026-10
- Author: Talia Lakritz
- Published: 2026-10-12T09:32:01.241+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: starlink, airlines, in-flight wifi, elon musk, connectivity, skytrax, emirates, virgin atlantic, united airlines, delta air lines, qatar airways, business
## Airlines compete on WiFi quality
Airlines are investing in high-speed in-flight WiFi as a key amenity to attract customers, moving beyond priority boarding and extra legroom as differentiators.
## Skytrax ranks WiFi for first time
Skytrax added a World's Best Onboard WiFi category to its World Airline Awards to reflect the importance of fast and free onboard connectivity to customer experience.

> to reflect the importance to today's customer experience of fast and free onboard connectivity
## Survey covers over one hundred nationalities
The ranking was determined by surveying passengers from over one hundred nationalities between September twenty twenty-five and August twenty twenty-six in the world's largest airline passenger satisfaction survey.
## Starlink dominates top ten list
Of the top ten airlines recognized for best in-flight WiFi, seven have partnerships with Starlink. Over forty carriers worldwide have partnered with the company, which provides streaming-quality WiFi via over eleven thousand satellites.
## Qatar Airways wins inaugural award
Qatar Airways won Skytrax's inaugural World's Best Onboard WiFi award. All of Qatar Airways' Boeing seven seventy-sevens and Airbus A three fifty aircraft feature Starlink, with expansion to its Boeing seven eighty-seven fleet underway.
## Delta chooses Amazon Leo instead
Delta Air Lines chose not to partner with Starlink and will offer Amazon Leo, which operates around four hundred low-orbit satellites, starting in twenty twenty-eight.

> I'm a big fan of Starlink. I'm a fan of what Elon does. I drive a Tesla.
## Key takeaway

Starlink powers seven of the top ten airlines ranked by passengers for best in-flight WiFi, showing the company's dominance in the market as airlines compete on connectivity.