easyJet Will Offer Wi-Fi for the First Time, Fitting Starlink to Its A320 and A321 Jets From 2027

On October 26, 2026, easyJet said it will offer Wi-Fi on board for the first time, through a deal with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network. Installation starts in the first half of 2027 and is expected to be finished by early 2028.

What passengers will pay is still open. The announcement does not mention price, and Travel Weekly noted that neither the installation cost nor any passenger charge was disclosed.

What easyJet announced

According to easyJet, Starlink will be fitted to its A320, Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft. The airline says passengers will be able to stream, game and browse on their own devices, much as they would on the ground.

The release does not list the A319, the smallest jet in the fleet. AeroTime, citing easyJet, reports that the A319s are being replaced and will not get the system.

easyJet says it operates more than 350 aircraft on over 1,200 routes, and that it carried 100 million passengers in 2025. It has offered no aircraft count for the rollout itself.

Beyond streaming, the airline says passengers will be able to check their flight status in the easyJet app and website, and look up destination details such as local weather and transport. It adds that the connection “unlocks the potential” for ordering from the inflight menu at the seat, which reads as a possibility rather than a launch feature.

Chief executive Kenton Jarvis framed the deal as more choice for both holidaymakers and business travelers. Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, said the connection would let people “work, stream, or stay in touch without interruption.”

In January, the numbers did not work

The deal reverses what easyJet said publicly earlier this year. On January 29, 2026, Jarvis told journalists on a post-earnings call that, in the airline’s talks with Starlink, “the economics aren’t quite working for us,” Reuters reported.

He still called Starlink a “really good” product and said easyJet was talking to other providers too. “When the time is right, we’ll pick the right service,” he said, without giving a date.

easyJet has not said what changed between January and October. The new announcement does not discuss cost at all.

Why Wi-Fi is a hard sell on short flights

The business case is harder for a short-haul budget airline. Short flights leave fewer minutes to use a connection, and passengers who chose the lowest fare are less likely to pay for one.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has made that argument publicly. According to Reuters, he has said the fuel drag from Wi-Fi antennas on top of aircraft could cost about $200 million a year, and that few budget travelers would pay for the service.

Starlink’s pitch is speed and low lag. Its satellites sit in low-Earth orbit, far closer than the geostationary satellites older inflight systems relay through, a difference we explained when Lufthansa Group’s first Starlink flight took off in August.

Free or paid? What rivals have done

The closest comparison is Wizz Air. On June 8, 2026, Euronews reported that it had signed a Starlink deal covering its entire fleet from 2027, without saying whether passengers would pay.

Lufthansa Group, whose plan includes its low-cost airline Eurowings, offers Starlink free in every cabin to passengers signed in with a Miles & More account or a Travel ID. The group aims to equip about 850 aircraft by 2029.

In the US, American Airlines’ Starlink rollout covers more than 1,000 mainline jets, with installations starting in early 2027, the airline said on October 8.

For easyJet passengers, the firm facts are the start date and the fleet. As One Mile at a Time pointed out, the announcement never calls the service free, so the price will be the detail to watch before the first aircraft are fitted.