# EasyJet to add Starlink WiFi as Ryanair rejects the service

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/easyjet-strikes-deal-with-starlink-to-offer-onboard-wifi-after-ryanair-boss-fell-out-with-elon-musk/
- Published: 2026-10-26T15:39:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T15:59:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16239949/EasyJet-strikes-deal-Starlink-offer-onboard.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Space, Technology, Travel, World

## Key points

- EasyJet plans to introduce Starlink WiFi from next year.
- Installation is expected to finish by early 2028.
- Ryanair cited fuel costs after a dispute with Musk.

## Summary

EasyJet has agreed to install SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet on its aircraft from next year, giving passengers onboard WiFi and adding a new service as airlines compete for travellers. The deal also sets easyJet apart from Ryanair, whose chief executive Michael O’Leary rejected Starlink over concerns about fuel costs after a public dispute with Elon Musk.

The easyJet rollout is due to start in the first half of next year and finish by early 2028. O’Leary said antennas could create a 2 per cent fuel drag across Ryanair’s 650 aircraft, while Musk disputed that assessment; the two exchanged insults online in January. EasyJet carried 100 million passengers in 2025, and its chief executive said the connection could serve both leisure and business travellers.

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