Originally Posted by Ripinpeace

United has Starlink on 50 mainline planes. So, 1,050 planes no wifi. Oh, and they’ve not had any form of free wifi for 5+ years. Absolutely, nothing. Not even IFE on a lot of United planes because they started following AA’s lead years ago stripping out screens.

Pretending ViaSat doesn’t allow for streaming of videos, checking emails, and scrolling through social media 90% of the time problem free is a blatant lie. F2 and F3 will be online soon to have global coverage and greatly improve connectivity. Holding Delta over just fine until LEO is here. I use it all the time and complete drop outs are rare for “deltawifi.com” users.

LEO will not only have faster speeds, but it will further monetize passengers data, higher tiers of personalized customization via the IFE, connect crew devices/customer apps/IFE to the entire Delta IT infrastructure (DBMS will sunset around the same time LEO is fully equipped on the fleet 28-29’). Already, Delta has select flights where work offices such as reservations can directly communicate with pax via the IFE in flight.

Amazon is also a massive SEA-based corporate spender. Amazon also delivers the benefits of Amazon Game Studios, Amazon Prime, and Prime Video. Much more un-tapped potential than simply offering a product that can’t be integrated into DL Sync, further monetized, or tailored to the user. Technology has always been a game of leapfrog. I swear everyone here is a combination of short-tempered, short-sighted, and is only capable of hating managements every single decision. Delta has a rich history of selecting the “unpopular” route during industry advancements or downturns.. yet, they continue to emerge on top by a wide margin every single year without fail.