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Flyers on the airline can soon access high-speed wifi onboard at no cost following a major deal from Elon Musk's space firm.

Complimentary and High-speed Connectivity for All

British Airways revealed that the complimentary, “reliable and lightning-fast” wifi provision via Starlink becomes offered to passengers in economy, business, or first class starting next month.

Expanded Deployment Across Several Flight Operators

The parent company for the airline, IAG, announced it had finalized an deal with the satellite firm to offer wifi access across more than 500 aircraft operated by its carriers, such as the Irish airline, the Spanish carrier, plus Vueling.

Seamless Wifi starting at Gate through Landing

British Airways stated that the introduction of this technology was part of a £7bn “transformation” plan and would deliver lag-free internet service to passengers starting at boarding through arrival, also when they are flying across oceans and remote regions.

Customers may link multiple electronics and do not need a separate login.

Transformative for us as well as passengers, improving the journey onboard with us by giving passengers continuous wifi from start to finish.”

Existing Connectivity Offerings

Limited internet service is presently provided for British Airways passengers across most of the airline's jets using their .air platform.

Enrollees in BA’s loyalty club may dispatch texts and text-only correspondence during flights free of charge, while passengers wishing to watch audio, movies, and films during the journey who are not travelling in first class may pay between £4.99 and £21.99 for one connectivity package.

Starlink’s System

The provider maintains a system of thousands with satellites and it's run under the billionaire's aerospace firm.

Recent Upgrades for BA

Their management are striving to turn operations around following a period of cost cutting, system failures, industrial action, plus large-scale layoffs.

The airline explained that implementation with artificial intelligence contributed to it to achieve the airline's punctuality to the best levels from over a decade ago.

Profit Performance

Earlier this year, the carrier announced a jump for earnings during the first half of this year, contributing to its owner profit to grow.

IAG is due to report the results covering the three months recently soon.

Recent Satellite Agreements

The airline's news comes days following telecom carrier the telecom firm revealed it was teaming up with SpaceX to boost mobile network coverage across remote areas in Britain, by allowing consumers to seamlessly hook up handsets using orbiting devices in the absence of traditional mobile signal can be found.