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Travelers aboard British Airways will soon access quick internet onboard at no cost after a recent agreement involving the billionaire's satellite firm.

Free plus High-speed Internet Available to Everyone

The carrier revealed that this complimentary, “fast and dependable” wifi provision through Starlink is set to be offered to passengers in coach, premium economy, or premium cabins from soon.

Expanded Deployment Over Multiple Carriers

The parent firm for the airline, the airline group, confirmed it had finalized an agreement with the satellite firm to provide internet access for 500-plus planes within their carriers, which also include Aer Lingus, the Spanish carrier, and Vueling.

Seamless Internet from Gate to Landing

British Airways noted that this rollout for the technology was included in a multi-billion pound “modernization” initiative that will offer lag-free internet coverage to travelers from boarding to arrival, even when they are flying above oceans and far-off locations.

Passengers may connect multiple devices while they will not need a special access code.

Transformative for the airline as well as travelers, enhancing the journey in the air on BA through providing passengers continuous wifi from gate to gate.”

Current Wifi Services

Basic connectivity service remains provided to BA travelers across nearly all of their aircraft using their .air platform.

Participants of the airline's frequent flyer program are able to dispatch texts plus text-only messages onboard at no cost, whereas passengers wishing to access music, video, or movies on the journey who are not travelling in premium cabins may be charged between four pounds ninety-nine and £21.99 for one internet plan.

SpaceX’s Infrastructure

SpaceX uses a constellation comprising thousands of spacecraft and it's managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Recent Upgrades for BA

The airline's executive team has been striving to turn operations around following a long time of budget reductions, system failures, labor disputes, and mass redundancies.

The airline stated that application of smart technology contributed to them to reach their on-time performance at peak performance since over a decade ago.

Earnings Results

Earlier this year, the carrier disclosed a jump for operating profits for H1 recently, contributing to the parent company profit to grow.

IAG is set to report their earnings for the three months recently on Friday.

Recent Satellite Agreements

British Airways’ update arrives shortly after wireless operator another UK company announced it was teaming up alongside SpaceX to improve cellular connectivity in the countryside across the United Kingdom, letting customers to automatically link phones via space-based systems in the absence of regular network coverage can be found.