WiFi Odds
Inflight WiFi as a forecast · figures checked daily · this build 25 Jul 2026
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All 18 airlines, ranked

This is the chance of drawing good WiFi on a flight that has not been assigned an aircraft yet, sorted on what is flying today. It is not a review, and it is not a promise about your seat: a fleet halfway through a retrofit scores exactly halfway, so on the twelve carriers in the middle of one, your own departure is the question and the airline is only the first half of it.

#AirlineConnectScoreSystemFleet equippedFreeNote
1airBalticBT100 goodStarlink28 / 55free onboard28 of 55 as of March 2026, free, and the rollout is still running. Fastest measured cabin in Ookla's 2H 2025 set when you get an equipped aircraft.
2JSXXE100 goodStarlink75 / 75free onboardEvery aircraft in the fleet. The first airline anywhere to finish a Starlink rollout.
3ZIPAIRZG100 goodStarlink9 / 9free onboardAll nine 787s equipped, free onboard.
4Air FranceAF80 goodStarlink172 / 229free onboard172 of 229 done and free for all Flying Blue members; the remaining Panasonic aircraft measured 1.38 Mbps.
5WestJetWS72 goodStarlink100 / 193free onboard100 of 193 at WestJet's own last count, 9 Oct 2025, and it has published nothing since. The 39 Encore Q400s have nothing.
6HawaiianHA64 goodStarlink42 / 66free onboard42 of 66. The A330 and A321neo fit is complete; the 19 Boeing 717s have never had wifi at all.
7Qatar AirwaysQR61 goodStarlink140 / 241free onboard140 of 241 fitted with Starlink; free for every passenger in every cabin, no sign-up (OMAAT, Jul 2026).
8AlaskaAS Per-flight odds →55 mixedStarlink99 / 350free onboard99 of 350 mainline + regional and installing fast. We publish alaskastarlinktracker.com's count; Alaska's own page says 142 of 384 group-wide, which folds in Hawaiian and leaves out the 11 737-700s. The ex-Hawaiian widebodies are counted under Hawaiian.
9jetBlueB655 mixedViasat → Amazon Leo 2027fleetwidefree onboardFree “Fly-Fi” Viasat on every aircraft, but two hardware generations: the A220s and A321neo/LRs carry the faster ViaSat-2, while most A320/A321ceo airframes still run the original ViaSat-1. Amazon Leo arrives 2027, first-gen aircraft first.
10SASSK52 mixedStarlink60 / 123free for loyalty membersAbout half the fleet equipped and still installing; free for EuroBonus members (free to join) since 2026-03-24 (SAS/Business Travel News Europe).
11AmericanAA51 mixedViasat → starlink 2027-Q1890 / 989free onboardFree Viasat/Intelsat on ~90% of the fleet today. Airbus-only Starlink from 2027. Boeing stays Viasat.
12DeltaDL49 mixedViasat → Amazon Leo 2028fleetwidefree onboardDelta Sync (Viasat + Hughes) on 1,150+ aircraft, free for SkyMiles members, but not fleetwide: the 80 Boeing 717s lost their legacy wifi in May 2026 awaiting the Hughes retrofit, and transpacific widebodies come online fall 2026. Amazon Leo lands on 500 aircraft from 2028.
13UnitedUA Per-flight odds →48 mixedStarlink481 / 1,808free for loyalty members481 of 1,808 aircraft, free for MileagePlus members. Odds swing a lot by route and aircraft type.
14Virgin AtlanticVS39 long shotStarlink12 / 43free for loyalty members12 of 43 aircraft; free for Flying Club members (free to join) since launch 2026-05-01 (OMAAT/Virgin Atlantic).
15EmiratesEK31 long shotStarlink36 / 232free onboard36 of 232 so far, free onboard. The widebody retrofit is early and the rest of the fleet is older Ku.
16Air CanadaAC18 long shotStarlink12 / 216free for loyalty membersJust started. 12 Q400s equipped out of 216; free for Aeroplan members (free to join), per seatwifi.com/Runway Girl, Jun 2026.
17SouthwestWN16 long shotStarlink1 / 803free for loyalty membersFirst Starlink aircraft (N8543Z) entered service 2026-06-22; Southwest targets 300+ of 803 by year-end. Free for Rapid Rewards members. The rest of the fleet is paid Anuvu or Viasat.
18British AirwaysBA15 long shotStarlink5 / 261free onboardRollout paused summer 2026, with only 5 aircraft equipped; free for every customer in every cabin once fitted (BA mediacentre, Mar 2026 launch).

18 airlines, scores recomputed on every build, data eff 25 Jul 2026. Bands: good 60 to 100, mixed 40 to 59, long shot 1 to 39, not yet 0. ConnectScore = the sum, over every segment of the fleet, of fleet share × system quality × free-for-you. The published score is the floor. Data: unitedstarlinktracker.com · alaskastarlinktracker.com · airline announcements (Jul 2026). ConnectScore is an expected value over a whole fleet, not a prediction about one flight: United measured 320, 56 and 15 Mbps on three systems in one livery in one reporting period. Aircraft whose system an airline does not publish are left out of the denominator rather than assumed. Signed-but-unflown deals (AA Starlink 2027, DL/B6 Amazon Leo) score zero until they fly. How much to trust each number, and the four confidence tiers →

Airline WiFi questions

methodology →

Which airline has the best inflight WiFi right now?

airBaltic (ConnectScore 100/100, good), then JSX (ConnectScore 100/100, good) then ZIPAIR (ConnectScore 100/100, good), as of 2026-07-25. ConnectScore is the chance of getting the good, modern system on a random flight, multiplied by whether it is free once you are onboard, so a small all-Starlink fleet can outrank a giant airline that is only part way through its rollout.

Which airlines have Starlink WiFi?

15 of the 18 airlines here fly Starlink on at least part of the fleet: airBaltic (28 of 55), JSX (75 of 75), ZIPAIR (9 of 9), Air France (172 of 229), WestJet (100 of 193), Hawaiian (42 of 66), Qatar Airways (140 of 241), Alaska (99 of 350), SAS (60 of 123), United (481 of 1,808), Virgin Atlantic (12 of 43), Emirates (36 of 232), Air Canada (12 of 216), Southwest (1 of 803), British Airways (5 of 261). Fleet share is what matters. Being on the list is not the same as being likely on your flight.

Which airlines give inflight WiFi away free?

Free for everyone onboard, no loyalty program and no purchase: airBaltic, JSX, ZIPAIR, Air France, WestJet, Hawaiian, Qatar Airways, Alaska, jetBlue, American, Delta, Emirates, British Airways. Others are free only for members or only on some cabins, and that scores lower: ConnectScore multiplies the fleet share by a free-for-you factor instead of treating a paywalled system as the same product.

How is ConnectScore calculated?

ConnectScore = the sum, over every segment of the fleet, of fleet share × system quality × free-for-you. The published score is the floor. Data: unitedstarlinktracker.com · alaskastarlinktracker.com · airline announcements (Jul 2026). Worked example. United flies five systems, so it gets five rows: Starlink 481 aircraft at 30.5 points, Viasat 525 aircraft at 12.8 points, Panasonic 407 aircraft at 4.0 points, Thales FlytLIVE 35 aircraft at 0.9 points, no wifi 131 aircraft at 0.0 points. Added up that is ConnectScore 48, and the Starlink row on its own is the next-gen number, 30. The full method, the three confidence tiers and the things it cannot see are on the methodology page.

Can you tell me whether my specific flight will have Starlink?

For United, yes: we hold a per-flight history and can give the odds for that flight number. For Alaska the tails are verified but there is no per-flight feed, so the best we can do is the sub-fleet. For every other airline all we have is the fleet-wide score, and we say so rather than inventing a number for one flight.

Reported Fleet and per-tail verification for United, Alaska and Hawaiian: unitedstarlinktracker.com and alaskastarlinktracker.com (@martinamps), 25 JUL 2026. Every other airline from public airline announcements, Jul 2026. Full credit and citation →