28/08/2026
For twenty years everyone assumed in-flight Wi-Fi switched off below 10,000 ft because of a regulation.
There was no regulation.
It was an antenna that couldn't hold a lock on a satellite near the horizon while the aircraft manoeuvred.
BA's Starlink runs gate to gate.
On 19 March 2026, British Airways flight BA197 left Heathrow for Houston on a 787–8 called G-ZBJJ, carrying the first Starlink installation…