Korean Air gets set to switch on Starlink Wi-Fi

Korean Air plans to roll out Starlink Wi-Fi from July 2026, when the first of its upgraded twin-aisle jets takes flight.

As has become the norm for Starlink, the service will be freely available to all passengers and deliver speeds well in excess of 100Mbps – indeed, Korean Air claims “peak broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps”.

And instead of waiting to reach cruising altitude, that superfast connection will be available on a gate-to-gate basis, from the moment you settle into your seat to when your plane pulls up at the airport gate and it’s time to grab your bags and be on your way.

Korean Air currently charges from US$6 for text-only messaging to US$11 for two hours of full Internet access, or US$21 for Internet access throughout the flight.

Starlink unlocks everything from seamless streaming, cloud-based work and online gaming to video calls; there’s no word as yet on if Korean Air will take steps to ban video calling, which is becoming an increasing annoyance on Starlink-equipped flights.

Korean Air will prioritise Starlink installation on the combined Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 777-300ER fleet of both itself and Asiana Airlines, which as previously reported will be officially wound up in December 2026 and folded into its new parent.

The target for a fleetwide rollout is the end of 2027.

Starlink has quickly become the benchmark for fast inflight Wi-Fi; among its champions are Air France, British Airways, Emirates, Qatar Airways, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.

In our recent review of United Airlines’ Boeing 737 Starlink, we described the service as “amazingly fast and completely free: this is how inflight Wi-Fi should be.”

Singapore Airlines is the most recent to sign up, with A350s fitted with Starlink and all-new business class suites set to take off in early 2027.