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Qatar Airways completes its Boeing 777 Starlink Rollout

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For those travelling on Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777 fleet, the airline has completed its Starlink by SpaceX rollout.

Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER - Image, Economy Class and Beyond

The rollout covered 54 Boeing 777 aircraft in the Qatar Airways fleet.  This milestone makes Qatar Airways the operator of the largest number of widebody aircraft equipped with Starlink technology.

Originally scheduled as a two-year programme, the installation was completed in nine months, nearly 50% faster than planned. By cutting the retrofit time from three days to just 9.5 hours per aircraft, the airline completed the rollout programme without disrupting operations.

Passengers in both Premium and Economy cabins enjoy free, gate-to-gate Wi-Fi speeds of up to 500 Mbps per aircraft.
Qatar Airways Completes deployment of Starlink on the Boeing 777 platform - Image, Qatar Airways

In Quotes

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer said:

“This new milestone demonstrates our strategic investment in redefining our passengers’ expectations. We promised the fastest, most seamless in-flight connectivity in the industry, and with Starlink we have delivered it faster and at an unmatched scale. Having completed our rollout programme for Boeing 777s, we are now fully focused on equipping our Airbus A350 fleet with Starlink, bringing this game-changing experience to even more routes across our global network of over 170 destinations.”

Onto the Airbus A350 fleet next

Since launching the world’s first Starlink-equipped Boeing 777 in October 2024, Qatar Airways has operated over 15,000 Starlink-connected flights.

The work is continuing, as Qatar Airways builds on the rollout programme for Boeing 777s to turn its eye to its next widebody fleet – the Airbus A350 fleet..

The airline is aiming to complete Starlink installation on this type within the next year.

 

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