Carrier’s A350 Fleet Next Up For Connectivity Upgrade

Qatar’s flag airline Qatar Airways announced it has completed Starlink installations across its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft and confirmed it will commence on installing the connectivity solution in its Airbus A350 fleet next.

The carrier said on July 10 that all 54 of its Boeing 777 aircraft had been fitted with the Wi-Fi system which is free to use for all its passengers. Officials said the project was completed over a year ahead of schedule after it was initially anticipated to take two years.

The airline said, “By cutting the retrofit time from three days to just 9.5 hours per aircraft, the airline completed the rollout program without disrupting operations.”

Qatar Airways said it was the only carrier in the Middle East and North Africa to offer the service and that it had the largest number of widebody aircraft equipped with Starlink technology.

Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, CEO of Qatar Airways Group 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 program 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,” he added.

The first Qatar Airways Boeing 777 was outfitted with Starlink in October 2024. The airline said it aims to complete its A350 fleet installations of Starlink within the next year.

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