Starlink is now on 676 United aircraft. United's own Starlink tracker shows 45% of the fleet equipped, including 352 regional aircraft, 317 narrowbodies and seven widebodies, Drive Tesla Canada reports.
Every CRJ-550 and Embraer E-175 is done, along with 88% of Airbus A321s and 60% of Boeing 737s. Long-haul jets lag: just 5% of 777s and 2% of 787s have it. United CISO Deneen DeFiore said at the CyberSat conference that the original two-to-three-year plan has been cut to 18 months.
Earlier, Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu wrote that United had just under 600 aircraft equipped and expected all of its fleet done by the end of 2027, Yahoo Finance reported. Rival Delta has picked Amazon Leo for 2028.
