Move apart precedence boarding and additional legroom — airlines are investing in high-speed in-flight WiFi as a key amenity to diagram customers.
This year, Skytrax's World Airline Awards added a World's Best Onboard WiFi category "to indicate the importance to today's client cognition of accelerated and liberated onboard connectivity," Skytrax wrote in a media release.
The ranking was resolute by surveying passengers from complete 100 nationalities between September 2025 and August 2026 in the world's largest transporter passenger fulfillment survey.
One WiFi provider popped up again and again in Skytrax's ranking of winning airlines: Starlink.
Of the top 10 airlines recognized for having the finest in-flight WiFi offerings, seven have partnerships alongside Elon Musk's high-speed net company — an sign of how Starlink is cornering the market.
Over 40 carriers worldwide have partnered alongside Starlink, which provides streaming-quality WiFi on flights via its network of complete 11,000 satellites.
Here are the top 10 airlines alongside the finest onboard WiFi, classified by passengers.
10. Emirates
Emirates was among the archetypal airlines to recommendation Starlink WiFi on its A380 aircraft, and plans to add Starlink to its fleet by mid-2027.
9. EVA Air
EVA Air's onboard WiFi assistance is provided by Panasonic Avionics Corporation.
8. Virgin Atlantic
As the archetypal UK transporter to partner alongside Starlink, Virgin Atlantic began offering flights armed alongside streaming-quality WiFi in May.
7. Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines volition commencement rolling out Starlink WiFi on its Airbus A350 and Airbus A380 planes in 2027.
6. Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines became the archetypal important US transporter to recommendation Starlink in February 2024 before merging alongside Alaska Airlines that September.
5. JetBlue Airways
Amazon Leo, which operates about 400 low-orbit satellites, volition be accessible on JetBlue flights starting in 2027.
4. Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines announced its agreement alongside Starlink in August 2025 following merging alongside Hawaiian Airlines, and is rolling out Starlink WiFi throughout its fleet.
3. United Airlines
As of September, United offers Starlink on 560 aircraft, and plans to add it to its complete fleet.
United has made efforts to lure Delta customers by touting its Starlink WiFi.
2. Delta Air Lines
Amazon Leo volition be accessible on Delta Air Lines flights starting in 2028.
Delta and Musk have been at likelihood complete Delta's decision not to choose Starlink, with Musk criticizing the airline and its CEO, Ed Bastian, in posts on X. Bastian told CNBC on Friday that he pays small heed to the feud.
"I'm a big fan of Starlink," Bastian said. "I'm a fan of what Elon does. I run a Tesla. OK? So there's nothing. All this nonsense concerning being individual is not true at all."
1. Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways won Skytrax's first World's Best Onboard WiFi award.
All of Qatar Airways' Boeing 777s and Airbus A350s characteristic Starlink. The transporter is now expanding the assistance to its Boeing 787 fleet.
