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Delta Picks Amazon’s Leo Wi-Fi Over Starlink, 2027-2028

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC · How we work

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Delta Chooses Leo

Delta Air Lines chose Amazon’s Leo Wi-Fi over SpaceX’s Starlink, sparking a feud with Elon Musk.
Musk warned on X that Delta will lose customers.
CEO Ed Bastian said Leo provides higher bandwidth and a much lower price than Starlink.
Delta will beta-test Leo in 2027 and install it on 500 aircraft in 2028.
United, with Starlink on 450 jets, offered a status-match to Delta flyers and called it game-changing.

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Delta Chooses Leo

Delta Air Lines chose Amazon’s Leo Wi-Fi over SpaceX’s Starlink, sparking a feud with Elon Musk.
Musk warned on X that Delta will lose customers.
CEO Ed Bastian said Leo provides higher bandwidth and a much lower price than Starlink.
Delta will beta-test Leo in 2027 and install it on 500 aircraft in 2028.
United, with Starlink on 450 jets, offered a status-match to Delta flyers and called it game-changing.

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