United finally made it easier to see if your flight has Starlink

If you're flying alongside United Airlines to capitalize on Starlink, it's now much easier to cognize whether your escape volition contain the fast, liberated net service.

The transporter released a tool on Thursday called the Starlink WiFi Tracker. You can act your escape figure up to 3 days before departure to inspect its Starlink availability.

This isn't infallible, though, as the transporter power toggle which aircraft it uses for your flight. However, United says the tool includes updates made in genuine period for specified last-minute changes.

United already used texts, emails, and its app to notify passengers if their escape was scheduled to have Starlink, but the new tool lets you inspect for last-minute changes.

It additionally tracks the advancement of Starlink installation throughout the fleet.

As of Thursday morning, 639 aircraft, or concerning 43% of United's fleet, are armed alongside the service.

That includes all of its local airplanes, operated under the United Express brand, and concerning a third of its another narrow-body airplanes — akin the Airbus A321 and Boeing 737. However, Starlink is lone on six of its 248 wide-body airplanes, which run long-haul flights.

United stated it is installing Starlink on concerning 20 airplane a week and plans to complete installations by the end of 2027.

Its tool additionally shows the percent of regular flights departing from all of its seven hubs that are armed alongside Starlink. Chicago O'Hare leads the way at 54%, alongside San Francisco's 36% at the bottom.

Nearly fractional the airline's regular departures are armed alongside Starlink, United said.

Starlink has rotate into a notable advantage for United since its chief rivals don't have it. American Airlines plans to instal Starlink starting next year, during Delta Air Lines has tapped Amazon Leo.

United is trying to win complete new customers by launching an recommendation that matches travelers' loyalty position on Delta or American. The recommendation said, "Don't keep buffering: toggle to United and get the fastest WiFi in the sky."

Thousands of customers have signed up inside two weeks, United said. It added that position equivalent applications are up 275% compared to before this campaign.

And now, it's additionally extending the recommendation for another week.