{"id":71149,"date":"2026-08-12T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/71149\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:52:18","slug":"lufthansa-group-to-equip-850-aircraft-with-starlink-wi-fi-by-2029-fintech-schweiz-digital-finance-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/71149\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa Group to Equip 850 Aircraft With Starlink Wi-Fi by 2029 &#8211; Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ch\/tag\/Lufthansa-Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lufthansa Group<\/a> will begin rolling out Starlink Wi-Fi from August 19, starting with a Lufthansa Airbus A320neo.<\/p>\n<p>SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines are next in line for the rollout.<\/p>\n<p>Miles &amp; More members and Travel ID users will get free access across all travel classes.<\/p>\n<p>ITA Airways, Edelweiss, Discover Airlines, Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa City Airlines and Eurowings are also preparing to introduce the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink uses low-Earth orbit satellites to support web browsing, video streaming and cloud-based work during flights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-84993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dieter-Vranckx-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dieter Vranckx\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/>Dieter Vranckx<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy 2029, all of the group\u2019s approximately 850 aircraft will be equipped with the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Our product promise doesn\u2019t end with the seats or the menu \u2013 today, connectivity is also an integral part of a truly outstanding onboard experience,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>said Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer of the Lufthansa Group.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers must wear headphones for audio and video content, while voice calls, video calls and live streaming will not be allowed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ch\/tag\/Mastercard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mastercard<\/a> will sponsor the Wi-Fi portal after previously partnering with Lufthansa Group\u2019s FlyNet service.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: Edited by Fintech News Switzerland, based on image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-ai-image\/modern-empty-blank-interior-office-room-work-with-decoration-also-home-office_308203348.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">design25boss<\/a> via Magnific<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox Lufthansa Group will begin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21169],"tags":[1678,23226,52788],"class_list":["post-71149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lufthansa","tag-lufthansa","tag-lufthansa-group","tag-mastercard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}