The contested niche
Under 200 aircraft · 40%+ connected
Managed services & shared risk
- Must provide a turnkey offering
- Must offer flexible commercial models
TAM: 5,402 AIRCRAFT · 82 AIRLINES
COMMERCIAL AVIATION · IN-FLIGHT CONNECTIVITY
Two years ago Starlink ranked #8 in the cabin.
Today it is #1.
A tail-level census of 36,397 aircraft — every delivered passenger airframe plus committed orders — paired with the IFC Tracker's quarter-by-quarter contract record. Two controls drive every chart: the snapshot quarter — including THE SIGNED SKY, today's contract book projected to completion — and whether committed fleets are coloured by provider or by orbit.
01 · THE BATTLEGROUND MAP
Every airline on one map. Colour is who won the fleet.
One bubble per airline, sized by fleet potential (delivered airframes + committed orders). The two dividing lines are the slide's two dimensions: fleet size at 200 aircraft, and digital maturity — proxied by IFC penetration — at 40%. The coloured disc is the slice the leading provider has won; a contrasting ring marks a clearly held second provider (Delta's 717s stay with Hughes, American's Boeing fleet with Viasat).✦ SIGNED SKY shows today's contract book fully executed.
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Q1 2026 — 7,326 aircraft committed to Starlink across 55 airlines (#1) · 2.36M of 5.33M seats connected
Bubbles are drawn for fleets of 20+ aircraft; the quadrant totals count all 1198 airlines.
The prime battleground
200+ aircraft · 40%+ connected
Raw cost-performance & speed of refresh
- Must deliver cost-performance that matches the hyperscalers
- Must execute rapid tech refresh or risk displacement
TAM: 10,922 AIRCRAFT · 21 AIRLINES
The long tail
Under 200 aircraft · under 40% connected
Managed services & low TCO
- Off-the-shelf product
- Lowest total cost of ownership
TAM: 15,089 AIRCRAFT · 1080 AIRLINES
The risky greenfields
200+ aircraft · under 40% connected
Regulatory access & local partnerships
- Navigate the regulatory minefield
- May demand a partner-first model
TAM: 4,984 AIRCRAFT · 15 AIRLINES
Show the airlines — Q1 2024 (fleets of 20+ aircraft)
| Airline | Region | Lead provider | Fleet | Connected | Penetration | Committed orders | Fleet potential | Starlink committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | North America | Anuvu | 822 | 822 | 100% | 481 | 1,303 | — |
| Delta Air Lines | North America | Viasat | 977 | 968 | 99.1% | 313 | 1,290 | — |
| American Airlines | North America | Viasat | 1,002 | 967 | 96.5% | 215 | 1,217 | — |
| United Airlines | North America | Panasonic Avionics | 953 | 939 | 98.5% | 83 | 1,036 | — |
| China Eastern Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 628 | 99 | 15.8% | 0 | 628 | — |
| China Southern Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 567 | 57 | 10.1% | 0 | 567 | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 534 | 403 | 75.5% | 21 | 555 | — |
| Air China | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 492 | 30 | 6.1% | 0 | 492 | — |
| Emirates | Middle East | Viasat | 252 | 252 | 100% | 240 | 492 | — |
| Lufthansa | Western Europe | Viasat | 287 | 214 | 74.6% | 175 | 462 | — |
| Turkish Airlines | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 331 | 286 | 86.4% | 82 | 413 | — |
| JetBlue Airways | North America | Viasat | 306 | 305 | 99.7% | 72 | 378 | — |
| IndiGo Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 351 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 351 | — |
| Alaska Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 239 | 227 | 95% | 80 | 319 | — |
| Qatar Airways | Middle East | Viasat | 230 | 208 | 90.4% | 87 | 317 | — |
| Ryanair | Western Europe | — | 299 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 299 | — |
| flydubai | Middle East | Anuvu | 86 | 0 | 0% | 212 | 298 | — |
| British Airways | Western Europe | Intelsat | 246 | 211 | 85.8% | 43 | 289 | — |
| Air Canada | North America | Intelsat | 195 | 155 | 79.5% | 77 | 272 | — |
| Spirit Airlines | North America | Thales | 208 | 177 | 85.1% | 55 | 263 | — |
| Air France | Western Europe | Intelsat | 220 | 216 | 98.2% | 42 | 262 | — |
| Republic Airways | North America | Intelsat | 213 | 213 | 100% | 47 | 260 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | Central & South America | Intelsat | 154 | 134 | 87% | 88 | 242 | — |
| GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes | Central & South America | Intelsat | 134 | 91 | 67.9% | 104 | 238 | — |
| Korean Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 137 | 14 | 10.2% | 92 | 229 | — |
| Aeroflot | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 170 | 0 | 0% | 58 | 228 | — |
| ANA - All Nippon Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 205 | 201 | 98% | 18 | 223 | — |
| Hainan Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 217 | 28 | 12.9% | 0 | 217 | — |
| Sichuan Airlines | Mainland China | Viasat | 191 | 10 | 5.2% | 19 | 210 | — |
| Saudia | Middle East | Taqnia Space | 143 | 123 | 86% | 59 | 202 | — |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Mainland China | — | 199 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 199 | — |
| Endeavor Air | North America | Hughes | 195 | 142 | 72.8% | 4 | 199 | — |
| Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras | Central & South America | Viasat | 162 | 95 | 58.6% | 30 | 192 | — |
| WestJet | North America | Panasonic Avionics | 124 | 120 | 96.8% | 61 | 185 | — |
| easyJet UK | Western Europe | — | 183 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 183 | — |
| SpiceJet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 53 | 8 | 15.1% | 129 | 182 | — |
| Envoy Air | North America | Intelsat | 180 | 147 | 81.7% | 0 | 180 | — |
| flynas | Middle East | SkyFive | 59 | 0 | 0% | 116 | 175 | — |
| Cathay Pacific | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 168 | 143 | 85.1% | 7 | 175 | — |
| Malta Air | Western Europe | — | 174 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 174 | — |
| Singapore Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 147 | 140 | 95.2% | 24 | 171 | — |
| Air India | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 140 | 17 | 12.1% | 30 | 170 | — |
| Xiamen Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 164 | 12 | 7.3% | 0 | 164 | — |
| JAL - Japan Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 144 | 143 | 99.3% | 13 | 157 | — |
| Swiss | Western Europe | Viasat | 87 | 30 | 34.5% | 67 | 154 | — |
| Rossiya | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 136 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 148 | — |
| Etihad Airways | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 92 | 87 | 94.6% | 53 | 145 | — |
| Mesa Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 130 | 115 | 88.5% | 15 | 145 | — |
| Frontier Airlines | North America | — | 142 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 142 | — |
| PSA Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 141 | 141 | 100% | 0 | 141 | — |
| Vueling Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 125 | 125 | 100% | 13 | 138 | — |
| Thai Airways International | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 71 | 30 | 42.3% | 67 | 138 | — |
| Allegiant Air | North America | Intelsat | 131 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 135 | — |
| Shandong Airlines | Mainland China | — | 131 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 131 | — |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Africa | Thales | 120 | 59 | 49.2% | 11 | 131 | — |
| easyJet Europe | Western Europe | — | 130 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 130 | — |
| AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | roKKi Avionics | 101 | 71 | 70.3% | 28 | 129 | — |
| Qantas | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 125 | 83 | 66.4% | 2 | 127 | — |
| Spring Airlines | Mainland China | — | 127 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 127 | — |
| airBaltic | Central & Eastern Europe | Starlink | 47 | 0 | 0% | 80 | 127 | 80 |
| Volaris | North America | — | 125 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 125 | — |
| Vietnam Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 95 | 0 | 0% | 29 | 124 | — |
| Malaysia Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 73 | 25 | 34.2% | 48 | 121 | — |
| ITA Airways | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 91 | 46 | 50.5% | 29 | 120 | — |
| Air New Zealand | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 108 | 35 | 32.4% | 11 | 119 | 2 |
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Western Europe | Intelsat | 107 | 83 | 77.6% | 11 | 118 | — |
| Aeroméxico | North America | Viasat | 113 | 96 | 85% | 2 | 115 | — |
| Jet2 (United Kingdom) | Western Europe | — | 115 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 115 | — |
| Jazz Air | North America | Intelsat | 114 | 60 | 52.6% | 0 | 114 | — |
| Breeze Airways | North America | Viasat | 38 | 18 | 47.4% | 72 | 110 | — |
| Hawaiian Airlines | North America | Starlink | 62 | 4 | 6.5% | 47 | 109 | 51 |
| Lion Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 109 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 109 | — |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle AOC | Western Europe | Anuvu | 45 | 32 | 71.1% | 63 | 108 | — |
| Avianca Airlines | Central & South America | Viasat | 106 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 106 | — |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Central & South America | Intelsat | 81 | 0 | 0% | 24 | 105 | — |
| Pegasus Airlines | Middle East | — | 104 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 104 | — |
| Thai AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | roKKi Avionics | 56 | 6 | 10.7% | 48 | 104 | — |
| Tianjin Airlines | Mainland China | — | 103 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 103 | — |
| TAP Air Portugal | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 80 | 32 | 40% | 22 | 102 | — |
| Iberia | Western Europe | Viasat | 94 | 90 | 95.7% | 5 | 99 | — |
| Virgin Australia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 73 | 41 | 56.2% | 26 | 99 | — |
| S7 Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 97 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 97 | — |
| Copa Airlines | Central & South America | — | 96 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 96 | — |
| Juneyao Air | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 94 | 7 | 7.4% | 0 | 94 | — |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 70 | 62 | 88.6% | 21 | 91 | — |
| Eurowings | Western Europe | Viasat | 80 | 48 | 60% | 10 | 90 | — |
| EVA Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 79 | 58 | 73.4% | 11 | 90 | — |
| Wizz Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 89 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 89 | — |
| EgyptAir | Africa | Panasonic Avionics | 79 | 38 | 48.1% | 10 | 89 | — |
| Wizz Air Malta | Western Europe | — | 88 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 88 | — |
| Garuda Indonesia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 74 | 23 | 31.1% | 13 | 87 | — |
| VietJetAir | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 85 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 85 | — |
| Shanghai Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 85 | 7 | 8.2% | 0 | 85 | — |
| Asiana Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 69 | 15 | 21.7% | 15 | 84 | — |
| Austrian Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 68 | 26 | 38.2% | 16 | 84 | — |
| KLM cityhopper | Western Europe | Viasat | 65 | 6 | 9.2% | 19 | 84 | — |
| LATAM Airlines | Central & South America | Intelsat | 55 | 6 | 10.9% | 29 | 84 | — |
| Aer Lingus | Western Europe | Viasat | 54 | 21 | 38.9% | 29 | 83 | — |
| VivaAerobus | North America | — | 83 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 83 | — |
| Jetstar Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 81 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 81 | — |
| Chengdu Airlines | Mainland China | — | 79 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 79 | — |
| Capital Airlines (China) | Mainland China | — | 79 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 79 | — |
| China Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 64 | 36 | 56.3% | 15 | 79 | — |
| Piedmont Airlines | North America | — | 77 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 77 | — |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | Anuvu | 74 | 5 | 6.8% | 1 | 75 | — |
| AJet | Middle East | — | 75 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 75 | — |
| CommuteAir | North America | — | 75 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 75 | — |
| Porter Airlines Canada | North America | Viasat | 31 | 31 | 100% | 44 | 75 | — |
| Wings Air (Indonesia) | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 73 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 73 | — |
| Batik Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 73 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 73 | — |
| Transavia France | Western Europe | — | 72 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 72 | — |
| China Express Airlines | Mainland China | — | 72 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 72 | — |
| Alliance Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 71 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 71 | — |
| Vistara | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Nelco | 70 | 17 | 24.3% | 0 | 70 | — |
| Buzz (Poland) | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 69 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 69 | — |
| Aegean Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 61 | 28 | 45.9% | 8 | 69 | — |
| Rex - Regional Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 67 | 4 | 6% | 2 | 69 | — |
| Loong Air | Mainland China | — | 68 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 68 | — |
| Philippine Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 52 | 28 | 53.8% | 16 | 68 | — |
| Cebu Pacific Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 67 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 67 | — |
| Royal Jordanian | Middle East | Viasat | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 39 | 67 | — |
| SunExpress | Middle East | — | 65 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 65 | — |
| El Al Israel Airlines | Middle East | Viasat | 43 | 22 | 51.2% | 22 | 65 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Perú | Central & South America | Intelsat | 58 | 22 | 37.9% | 5 | 63 | — |
| Trans Maldivian Airways | Africa | — | 63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 63 | — |
| Air Wisconsin | North America | — | 63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 63 | — |
| Airlink (South Africa) | Africa | — | 61 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 61 | — |
| Super Air Jet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 60 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 60 | — |
| GoJet Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 60 | 60 | 100% | 0 | 60 | — |
| Citilink | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 59 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 59 | — |
| UTair | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 59 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 59 | — |
| TUI Airways | Western Europe | — | 58 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 58 | — |
| China United Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 58 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 58 | — |
| Air Algérie | Africa | Viasat | 52 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 57 | — |
| Finnair | Western Europe | Viasat | 55 | 55 | 100% | 2 | 57 | — |
| Scoot | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 53 | 21 | 39.6% | 3 | 56 | — |
| Condor | Western Europe | Viasat | 52 | 15 | 28.8% | 4 | 56 | — |
| Air Europa | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 47 | 27 | 57.4% | 7 | 54 | — |
| Go First | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 54 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 54 | — |
| Indonesia AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | roKKi Avionics | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | 22 | 54 | — |
| Brussels Airlines | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 44 | 0 | 0% | 9 | 53 | — |
| Icelandair | Western Europe | Viasat | 35 | 34 | 97.1% | 18 | 53 | — |
| Widerøe | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 49 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 52 | — |
| Iraqi Airways | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 42 | 10 | 23.8% | 10 | 52 | — |
| JSX Air | North America | Starlink | 49 | 46 | 93.9% | 3 | 52 | 49 |
| Oman Air | Middle East | Viasat | 44 | 19 | 43.2% | 8 | 52 | — |
| Qingdao Airlines | Mainland China | TD-Link | 39 | 1 | 2.6% | 13 | 52 | — |
| Ural Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 52 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 52 | — |
| Lucky Air (China) | Mainland China | — | 51 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 51 | — |
| Air Astana | Central & Eastern Europe | Collins Aerospace | 50 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 50 | — |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | AirCom Pacific | 31 | 0 | 0% | 19 | 50 | — |
| Horizon Air | North America | Intelsat | 43 | 43 | 100% | 7 | 50 | — |
| Lufthansa Cityline | Western Europe | Viasat | 49 | 11 | 22.4% | 1 | 50 | — |
| Philippines AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | roKKi Avionics | 25 | 0 | 0% | 25 | 50 | — |
| Virgin Atlantic | Western Europe | Viasat | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | 8 | 49 | — |
| Air India Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 47 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 47 | — |
| Norwegian Air Sweden AOC | Western Europe | Anuvu | 43 | 24 | 55.8% | 4 | 47 | — |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | 13 | 47 | — |
| WestJet Encore | North America | — | 47 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 47 | — |
| Transavia Airlines | Western Europe | — | 46 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 46 | — |
| Gulf Air | Middle East | Thales | 40 | 19 | 47.5% | 5 | 45 | — |
| Tibet Airlines | Mainland China | — | 45 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 45 | — |
| Air Arabia | Middle East | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Royal Air Maroc | Africa | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Sun Country Airlines | North America | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Air Canada rouge | North America | Intelsat | 41 | 40 | 97.6% | 1 | 42 | — |
| Pobeda | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 42 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 42 | — |
| Volotea | Western Europe | — | 42 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 42 | — |
| Aeroméxico Connect | North America | — | 41 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 41 | — |
| Iberia Express | Western Europe | Viasat | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 12 | 40 | — |
| West Air (China) | Mainland China | — | 40 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 40 | — |
| Jeju Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 40 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 40 | — |
| Avion Express Malta | Western Europe | — | 40 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 40 | — |
| Kuwait Airways | Middle East | Viasat | 33 | 33 | 100% | 7 | 40 | — |
| Mahan Air | Middle East | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Cobham Aviation Services Australia - Airline Services | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | 27 | 38 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Colombia | Central & South America | Intelsat | 36 | 25 | 69.4% | 2 | 38 | — |
| Air Transat | North America | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| Air Nostrum | Western Europe | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| J-Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 32 | 9 | 28.1% | 5 | 37 | — |
| Tunisair | Africa | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| HOP! (France) | Western Europe | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| HK Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| AirAsia X | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | roKKi Avionics | 18 | 0 | 0% | 18 | 36 | — |
| IranAir | Middle East | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| Voyageur Airways | North America | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| Batik Air Malaysia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 35 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 35 | — |
| Peach Aviation | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 35 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 35 | — |
| SCAT Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 35 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 35 | — |
| Safair | Africa | — | 34 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 34 | — |
| PIA - Pakistan International Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 34 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 34 | — |
| Smartwings (Czechia) | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 33 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 33 | — |
| Network Aviation | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 33 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 33 | — |
| Air Serbia | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 25 | 7 | 28% | 8 | 33 | — |
| Hebei Airlines | Mainland China | — | 33 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 33 | — |
| Red Wings Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 33 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 33 | — |
| flyadeal | Middle East | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| MEA - Middle East Airlines | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 22 | 9 | 40.9% | 10 | 32 | — |
| SAS Connect | Western Europe | Viasat | 31 | 11 | 35.5% | 0 | 31 | — |
| t'way Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Sunstate Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Air Cairo | Africa | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Kunming Airlines | Mainland China | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| iAero Airways | North America | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Starlux Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 22 | 22 | 100% | 8 | 30 | — |
| Discover Airlines | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 24 | 7 | 29.2% | 6 | 30 | — |
| Kenya Airways | Africa | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| Chongqing Airlines | Mainland China | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| easyJet Switzerland | Western Europe | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| BoA - Boliviana de Aviación | Central & South America | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| Skymark Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| PAL Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Henan Airlines | Mainland China | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| JoyAir | Mainland China | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Porter Airlines | North America | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Air Peace | Africa | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| Loganair | Western Europe | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| Canadian North | North America | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| Sunwing Airlines | North America | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| Jin Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 27 | 9 | 33.3% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Air Niugini | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| CityJet | Western Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Lauda Europe | Western Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Nordwind Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Enter Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| Contour Aviation | North America | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| GX Airlines | Mainland China | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| AIX Connect | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| SmartLynx Airlines Malta | Western Europe | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| SKY Express (Greece) | Western Europe | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Yamal Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Akasa Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| 9 Air | Mainland China | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Ruili Airlines | Mainland China | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| ANA Wings | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Bangkok Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| NoRRA Nordic Regional Airlines | Western Europe | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Air Busan | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| ALS - Aircraft Leasing Services | Africa | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Jazeera Airways | Middle East | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| TUI fly (Germany) | Western Europe | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Avianca Airlines El Salvador | Central & South America | Viasat | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| SriLankan Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 23 | 13 | 56.5% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Air Dolomiti | Western Europe | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Air Inuit | North America | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| BA Euroflyer | Western Europe | Viasat | 22 | 22 | 100% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Maldivian | Africa | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Air Macau | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Donghai Airlines | Mainland China | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Jetstar Japan | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Middle East | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Nok Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Anuvu | 13 | 4 | 30.8% | 9 | 22 | — |
| Okay Airways | Mainland China | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Africa | Viasat | 21 | 5 | 23.8% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Eurowings Europe (Malta) | Western Europe | Viasat | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Shantou Airlines | Mainland China | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Conviasa | Central & South America | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Luxair | Western Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Alliance Air (India) | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Azur Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Bamboo Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 11 | 0 | 0% | 10 | 21 | — |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 21 | 6 | 28.6% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Summit Air Charters | North America | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| TUI fly (Belgium) | Western Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Thai Lion Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| CemAir | Africa | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| SKY Airline (Chile) | Central & South America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Clic (Colombia) | Central & South America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Azimuth | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| BA CityFlyer | Western Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Flair Airlines | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| SmartLynx Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| TAROM | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
Show the airlines — Q1 2025 (fleets of 20+ aircraft)
| Airline | Region | Lead provider | Fleet | Connected | Penetration | Committed orders | Fleet potential | Starlink committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | North America | Starlink | 1,015 | 1,005 | 99% | 498 | 1,513 | 1,503 |
| Delta Air Lines | North America | Viasat | 982 | 981 | 99.9% | 290 | 1,272 | — |
| American Airlines | North America | Viasat | 1,003 | 983 | 98% | 75 | 1,078 | — |
| Southwest Airlines | North America | Anuvu | 812 | 812 | 100% | 174 | 986 | — |
| China Eastern Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 665 | 100 | 15% | 0 | 665 | — |
| China Southern Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 573 | 57 | 9.9% | 1 | 574 | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 559 | 437 | 78.2% | 0 | 559 | 136 |
| Air China | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 499 | 30 | 6% | 0 | 499 | — |
| Turkish Airlines | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 419 | 313 | 74.7% | 16 | 435 | — |
| JetBlue Airways | North America | Viasat | 312 | 312 | 100% | 103 | 415 | — |
| Emirates | Middle East | Viasat | 252 | 252 | 100% | 161 | 413 | — |
| IndiGo Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 403 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 403 | — |
| Lufthansa | Western Europe | Viasat | 284 | 224 | 78.9% | 115 | 399 | — |
| Qatar Airways | Middle East | Starlink | 232 | 183 | 78.9% | 142 | 374 | 290 |
| Ryanair | Western Europe | — | 321 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 321 | — |
| Alaska Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 233 | 233 | 100% | 66 | 299 | — |
| British Airways | Western Europe | Intelsat | 250 | 216 | 86.4% | 32 | 282 | — |
| Air France | Western Europe | Starlink | 227 | 226 | 99.6% | 24 | 251 | 250 |
| Republic Airways | North America | Intelsat | 209 | 209 | 100% | 18 | 227 | 73 |
| Hainan Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 226 | 30 | 13.3% | 0 | 226 | — |
| Aeroflot | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 171 | 0 | 0% | 49 | 220 | — |
| Spirit Airlines | North America | Thales | 213 | 183 | 85.9% | 0 | 213 | — |
| Sichuan Airlines | Mainland China | Viasat | 204 | 14 | 6.9% | 9 | 213 | — |
| ANA - All Nippon Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 207 | 207 | 100% | 4 | 211 | — |
| Air Canada | North America | Intelsat | 203 | 195 | 96.1% | 7 | 210 | — |
| Korean Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 139 | 26 | 18.7% | 70 | 209 | — |
| Air India | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Nelco | 202 | 34 | 16.8% | 6 | 208 | — |
| Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras | Central & South America | Viasat | 180 | 109 | 60.6% | 27 | 207 | — |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Mainland China | — | 204 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 204 | — |
| GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes | Central & South America | Intelsat | 131 | 86 | 65.6% | 69 | 200 | — |
| easyJet UK | Western Europe | — | 188 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 188 | — |
| SpiceJet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 51 | 0 | 0% | 136 | 187 | — |
| Saudia | Middle East | Taqnia Space | 147 | 128 | 87.1% | 35 | 182 | — |
| WestJet | North America | Starlink | 134 | 123 | 91.8% | 46 | 180 | 169 |
| flynas | Middle East | SkyFive | 63 | 0 | 0% | 117 | 180 | — |
| Malta Air | Western Europe | — | 179 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 179 | — |
| JAL - Japan Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 147 | 147 | 100% | 27 | 174 | — |
| Xiamen Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 174 | 12 | 6.9% | 0 | 174 | — |
| Qantas | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 125 | 87 | 69.6% | 48 | 173 | — |
| Envoy Air | North America | Intelsat | 168 | 168 | 100% | 0 | 168 | — |
| Endeavor Air | North America | Hughes | 164 | 142 | 86.6% | 2 | 166 | — |
| Frontier Airlines | North America | — | 161 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 161 | — |
| Cathay Pacific | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 159 | 152 | 95.6% | 0 | 159 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | Central & South America | Intelsat | 158 | 133 | 84.2% | 0 | 158 | — |
| Swiss | Western Europe | Viasat | 91 | 30 | 33% | 67 | 158 | — |
| Jazz Air | North America | Intelsat | 114 | 60 | 52.6% | 39 | 153 | — |
| Singapore Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 146 | 141 | 96.6% | 5 | 151 | — |
| Rossiya | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 132 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 144 | — |
| PSA Airlines | North America | Intelsat | 143 | 141 | 98.6% | 0 | 143 | — |
| Volaris | North America | — | 138 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 138 | — |
| easyJet Europe | Western Europe | — | 137 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 137 | — |
| Vueling Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 135 | 135 | 100% | 0 | 135 | — |
| Shandong Airlines | Mainland China | — | 135 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 135 | — |
| Allegiant Air | North America | Intelsat | 129 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 133 | — |
| Spring Airlines | Mainland China | — | 131 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 131 | — |
| Thai Airways International | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 79 | 38 | 48.1% | 49 | 128 | — |
| Etihad Airways | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 97 | 90 | 92.8% | 28 | 125 | — |
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Western Europe | Intelsat | 112 | 88 | 78.6% | 11 | 123 | — |
| Aeroméxico | North America | Viasat | 123 | 121 | 98.4% | 0 | 123 | — |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Africa | Collins Aerospace | 122 | 62 | 50.8% | 1 | 123 | — |
| Mesa Airlines | North America | Starlink | 108 | 93 | 86.1% | 13 | 121 | 70 |
| Pegasus Airlines | Middle East | — | 119 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 119 | — |
| Jet2 (United Kingdom) | Western Europe | — | 117 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 117 | — |
| Air New Zealand | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 112 | 34 | 30.4% | 4 | 116 | 2 |
| Avianca Airlines | Central & South America | Viasat | 115 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 115 | — |
| Vietnam Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 93 | 10 | 10.8% | 19 | 112 | — |
| Piedmont Airlines | North America | — | 110 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 110 | — |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle AOC | Western Europe | Anuvu | 45 | 32 | 71.1% | 63 | 108 | — |
| Breeze Airways | North America | Viasat | 52 | 36 | 69.2% | 54 | 106 | — |
| AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 105 | 71 | 67.6% | 0 | 105 | — |
| Thai AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 61 | 6 | 9.8% | 44 | 105 | — |
| Air India Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 103 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 103 | — |
| Wizz Air Malta | Western Europe | — | 102 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 102 | — |
| Copa Airlines | Central & South America | — | 102 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 102 | — |
| ITA Airways | Western Europe | Viasat | 102 | 66 | 64.7% | 0 | 102 | — |
| Juneyao Air | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 102 | 9 | 8.8% | 0 | 102 | — |
| S7 Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 102 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 102 | — |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 85 | 9 | 10.6% | 15 | 100 | — |
| Wizz Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 99 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 99 | — |
| Lion Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 98 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 98 | — |
| Tianjin Airlines | Mainland China | — | 98 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 98 | — |
| VietJetAir | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 94 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 94 | — |
| airBaltic | Central & Eastern Europe | Starlink | 50 | 4 | 8% | 42 | 92 | 46 |
| Iberia | Western Europe | Viasat | 91 | 87 | 95.6% | 1 | 92 | — |
| Viva (Mexico) | North America | — | 91 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 91 | — |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Central & South America | Intelsat | 81 | 10 | 12.3% | 9 | 90 | — |
| Virgin Australia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 72 | 47 | 65.3% | 18 | 90 | — |
| flydubai | Middle East | Anuvu | 88 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 88 | — |
| Jetstar Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 88 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 88 | — |
| Shanghai Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 88 | 9 | 10.2% | 0 | 88 | — |
| Garuda Indonesia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 74 | 22 | 29.7% | 12 | 86 | — |
| Aer Lingus | Western Europe | Viasat | 57 | 23 | 40.4% | 27 | 84 | — |
| Eurowings | Western Europe | Viasat | 72 | 43 | 59.7% | 12 | 84 | — |
| Austrian Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 68 | 26 | 38.2% | 16 | 84 | — |
| TAP Air Portugal | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 81 | 32 | 39.5% | 2 | 83 | — |
| Transavia France | Western Europe | — | 83 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 83 | — |
| EgyptAir | Africa | Panasonic Avionics | 73 | 34 | 46.6% | 10 | 83 | — |
| Malaysia Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 82 | 34 | 41.5% | 0 | 82 | — |
| Chengdu Airlines | Mainland China | — | 81 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 81 | — |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 67 | 55 | 82.1% | 12 | 79 | 67 |
| Capital Airlines (China) | Mainland China | — | 78 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 78 | — |
| Cebu Pacific Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 77 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 77 | — |
| China Express Airlines | Mainland China | — | 77 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 77 | — |
| Wings Air (Indonesia) | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 77 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 77 | — |
| EVA Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 76 | 59 | 77.6% | 0 | 76 | — |
| Philippine Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 52 | 28 | 53.8% | 24 | 76 | — |
| Alliance Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 75 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 75 | — |
| CommuteAir | North America | — | 75 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 75 | — |
| Loong Air | Mainland China | — | 74 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 74 | — |
| KLM cityhopper | Western Europe | Viasat | 65 | 10 | 15.4% | 8 | 73 | — |
| SunExpress | Middle East | — | 72 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 72 | — |
| Buzz (Poland) | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 71 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 71 | — |
| Asiana Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 70 | 15 | 21.4% | 0 | 70 | — |
| Hawaiian Airlines | North America | Starlink | 63 | 44 | 69.8% | 7 | 70 | 51 |
| LATAM Airlines | Central & South America | Intelsat | 69 | 40 | 58% | 0 | 69 | — |
| Batik Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 67 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 67 | — |
| Aegean Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 66 | 34 | 51.5% | 1 | 67 | — |
| Airlink (South Africa) | Africa | — | 67 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 67 | — |
| China Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 66 | 40 | 60.6% | 0 | 66 | — |
| El Al Israel Airlines | Middle East | Viasat | 44 | 23 | 52.3% | 21 | 65 | — |
| TUI Airways | Western Europe | — | 63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 63 | — |
| Trans Maldivian Airways | Africa | — | 63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 63 | — |
| Air Wisconsin | North America | — | 63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 63 | — |
| Citilink | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 61 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 61 | — |
| Super Air Jet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 61 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 61 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Perú | Central & South America | Intelsat | 58 | 35 | 60.3% | 2 | 60 | — |
| China United Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 60 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 60 | — |
| Scoot | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 56 | 21 | 37.5% | 3 | 59 | — |
| Air Algérie | Africa | Viasat | 52 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 59 | — |
| Condor | Western Europe | Viasat | 57 | 26 | 45.6% | 2 | 59 | — |
| UTair | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 59 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 59 | — |
| Rex - Regional Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 57 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 57 | — |
| Finnair | Western Europe | Viasat | 56 | 56 | 100% | 1 | 57 | — |
| Widerøe | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 50 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 53 | — |
| Air Arabia | Middle East | — | 52 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 52 | — |
| Indonesia AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | 22 | 52 | — |
| GoJet Airlines | North America | Starlink | 51 | 51 | 100% | 0 | 51 | 49 |
| Qingdao Airlines | Mainland China | TD-Link | 38 | 1 | 2.6% | 13 | 51 | — |
| Ural Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 51 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 51 | — |
| Icelandair | Western Europe | Viasat | 37 | 37 | 100% | 13 | 50 | — |
| Lucky Air (China) | Mainland China | — | 50 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 50 | — |
| Tibet Airlines | Mainland China | — | 50 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 50 | — |
| Philippines AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 25 | 0 | 0% | 25 | 50 | — |
| Brussels Airlines | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 45 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 49 | — |
| Iraqi Airways | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 42 | 11 | 26.2% | 7 | 49 | — |
| JSX Air | North America | Starlink | 48 | 47 | 97.9% | 1 | 49 | 48 |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | AirCom Pacific | 30 | 0 | 0% | 19 | 49 | — |
| Norwegian Air Sweden AOC | Western Europe | Anuvu | 44 | 21 | 47.7% | 4 | 48 | — |
| Transavia Airlines | Western Europe | — | 48 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 48 | — |
| Royal Jordanian | Middle East | Viasat | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | 16 | 46 | — |
| Air Europa | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 43 | 26 | 60.5% | 3 | 46 | — |
| West Air (China) | Mainland China | — | 46 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 46 | — |
| Royal Air Maroc | Africa | — | 45 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 45 | — |
| Porter Airlines Canada | North America | Viasat | 44 | 44 | 100% | 0 | 44 | — |
| Horizon Air | North America | Intelsat | 44 | 44 | 100% | 0 | 44 | — |
| WestJet Encore | North America | — | 44 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 44 | — |
| Sun Country Airlines | North America | Anuvu | 44 | 2 | 4.5% | 0 | 44 | — |
| Air Transat | North America | — | 44 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 44 | — |
| Virgin Atlantic | Western Europe | Viasat | 43 | 43 | 100% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Batik Air Malaysia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Gulf Air | Middle East | Thales | 42 | 19 | 45.2% | 0 | 42 | — |
| Lufthansa Cityline | Western Europe | Viasat | 41 | 11 | 26.8% | 1 | 42 | — |
| Pobeda | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 42 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 42 | — |
| Oman Air | Middle East | Viasat | 40 | 15 | 37.5% | 1 | 41 | — |
| HK Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 41 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 41 | — |
| Volotea | Western Europe | — | 41 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 41 | — |
| Jeju Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 39 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 39 | — |
| Air Canada rouge | North America | Intelsat | 39 | 39 | 100% | 0 | 39 | — |
| Avion Express Malta | Western Europe | — | 39 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 39 | — |
| Air Nostrum | Western Europe | — | 39 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 39 | — |
| t'way Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| flyadeal | Middle East | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Mahan Air | Middle East | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Smartwings (Czechia) | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Network Aviation | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Aeroméxico Connect | North America | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| Safair | Africa | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| Tunisair | Africa | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| HOP! (France) | Western Europe | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| Air Cairo | Africa | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| IranAir | Middle East | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | 1 | 35 | — |
| Peach Aviation | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 35 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 35 | — |
| Air Serbia | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 31 | 9 | 29% | 4 | 35 | — |
| Sunstate Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 34 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 34 | — |
| Voyageur Airways | North America | — | 34 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 34 | — |
| Air Astana | Central & Eastern Europe | Collins Aerospace | 33 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 33 | — |
| J-Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 32 | 14 | 43.8% | 0 | 32 | — |
| PIA - Pakistan International Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| Kenya Airways | Africa | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| Kunming Airlines | Mainland China | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| Jin Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 31 | 5 | 16.1% | 0 | 31 | — |
| SAS Connect | Western Europe | Starlink | 31 | 10 | 32.3% | 0 | 31 | 10 |
| SCAT Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Hebei Airlines | Mainland China | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Kuwait Airways | Middle East | Viasat | 30 | 30 | 100% | 0 | 30 | — |
| Starlux Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 26 | 26 | 100% | 4 | 30 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Colombia | Central & South America | Intelsat | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 2 | 30 | — |
| Enter Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| Discover Airlines | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 29 | 12 | 41.4% | 1 | 30 | — |
| Contour Aviation | North America | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| MEA - Middle East Airlines | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 9 | 30 | — |
| Chongqing Airlines | Mainland China | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| easyJet Switzerland | Western Europe | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| Cobham Aviation Services Australia - Airline Services | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 5 | 5 | 100% | 24 | 29 | — |
| Skymark Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| PAL Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Eurowings Europe (Malta) | Western Europe | Viasat | 29 | 15 | 51.7% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Loganair | Western Europe | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Porter Airlines | North America | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Thai Lion Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| Henan Airlines | Mainland China | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| GX Airlines | Mainland China | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| AJet | Middle East | Hughes | 19 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 27 | — |
| Iberia Express | Western Europe | Viasat | 27 | 2 | 7.4% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Akasa Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Red Wings Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Air Peace | Africa | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| JoyAir | Mainland China | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| SKY Express (Greece) | Western Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| 9 Air | Mainland China | China Telecom | 27 | 6 | 22.2% | 0 | 27 | — |
| ALS - Aircraft Leasing Services | Africa | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Nordwind Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Air Dolomiti | Western Europe | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| CityJet | Western Europe | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| Lauda Europe | Western Europe | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| Shantou Airlines | Mainland China | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 25 | 9 | 36% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Canadian North | North America | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| FlyArystan | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Air Niugini | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Ruili Airlines | Mainland China | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Africa | Viasat | 24 | 5 | 20.8% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Sunwing Airlines | North America | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Virgin Australia International | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Intelsat | 24 | 22 | 91.7% | 0 | 24 | — |
| ANA Wings | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Yamal Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Jazeera Airways | Middle East | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| NoRRA Nordic Regional Airlines | Western Europe | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Air Inuit | North America | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| BA Euroflyer | Western Europe | Viasat | 23 | 23 | 100% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Bangkok Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Maldivian | Africa | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| SKY Airline (Chile) | Central & South America | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| TUI fly (Germany) | Western Europe | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Air Macau | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Jetstar Japan | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| SriLankan Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 22 | 13 | 59.1% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Conviasa | Central & South America | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Helvetic Airways | Western Europe | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Middle East | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Nok Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Anuvu | 14 | 5 | 35.7% | 8 | 22 | — |
| PAL Airlines (Canada) | North America | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| CemAir | Africa | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Donghai Airlines | Mainland China | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Luxair | Western Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Okay Airways | Mainland China | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Alliance Air (India) | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Azur Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 21 | 6 | 28.6% | 0 | 21 | — |
| TUI fly (Belgium) | Western Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Edelweiss Air | Western Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Air Busan | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| SmartLynx Airlines Malta | Western Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Colorful Guizhou Airlines | Mainland China | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Summit Air Charters | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Avelo Airlines | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Azimuth | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| BA CityFlyer | Western Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Caribbean Airlines | Central & South America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Cebgo | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Flair Airlines | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
Show the airlines — Q1 2026 (fleets of 20+ aircraft)
| Airline | Region | Lead provider | Fleet | Connected | Penetration | Committed orders | Fleet potential | Starlink committed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | North America | Starlink | 1,097 | 1,086 | 99% | 535 | 1,632 | 1,621 |
| Delta Air Lines | North America | Viasat | 1,008 | 1,006 | 99.8% | 256 | 1,264 | — |
| Southwest Airlines | North America | Viasat | 810 | 810 | 100% | 386 | 1,196 | 304 |
| American Airlines | North America | Viasat | 1,025 | 1,025 | 100% | 69 | 1,094 | 341 |
| China Eastern Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 682 | 103 | 15.1% | 0 | 682 | — |
| China Southern Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 605 | 40 | 6.6% | 21 | 626 | — |
| Qatar Airways | Middle East | Starlink | 246 | 194 | 78.9% | 373 | 619 | 567 |
| SkyWest Airlines | North America | Starlink | 581 | 449 | 77.3% | 38 | 619 | 198 |
| Air China | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 527 | 43 | 8.2% | 0 | 527 | — |
| Lufthansa | Western Europe | Starlink | 276 | 225 | 81.5% | 215 | 491 | 392 |
| Turkish Airlines | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 452 | 331 | 73.2% | 16 | 468 | — |
| IndiGo Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 421 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 421 | — |
| Alaska Airlines | North America | Starlink | 309 | 284 | 91.9% | 75 | 384 | 359 |
| JetBlue Airways | North America | Viasat | 293 | 292 | 99.7% | 85 | 378 | — |
| British Airways | Western Europe | Starlink | 252 | 221 | 87.7% | 90 | 342 | 304 |
| Korean Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Starlink | 142 | 78 | 54.9% | 199 | 341 | 277 |
| Ryanair | Western Europe | — | 340 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 340 | — |
| flydubai | Middle East | Starlink | 97 | 0 | 0% | 234 | 331 | 234 |
| Emirates | Middle East | Starlink | 264 | 264 | 100% | 54 | 318 | 245 |
| Saudia | Middle East | NEO Space Group (NSG) | 149 | 6 | 4% | 135 | 284 | — |
| WestJet | North America | Starlink | 160 | 160 | 100% | 108 | 268 | 268 |
| Air India | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Hughes | 188 | 28 | 14.9% | 53 | 241 | — |
| Wizz Air Malta | Western Europe | Starlink | 125 | 0 | 0% | 111 | 236 | 111 |
| Copa Airlines | Central & South America | Starlink | 115 | 0 | 0% | 115 | 230 | 115 |
| ANA - All Nippon Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 205 | 203 | 99% | 22 | 227 | — |
| Republic Airways | North America | SES | 223 | 222 | 99.6% | 2 | 225 | 73 |
| Hainan Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 225 | 28 | 12.4% | 0 | 225 | — |
| Air France | Western Europe | Starlink | 224 | 224 | 100% | 0 | 224 | 223 |
| Air Canada | North America | SES | 214 | 211 | 98.6% | 4 | 218 | — |
| Viva (Mexico) | North America | SES | 108 | 0 | 0% | 108 | 216 | — |
| Sichuan Airlines | Mainland China | Viasat | 202 | 21 | 10.4% | 8 | 210 | — |
| Avianca Airlines | Central & South America | SES | 107 | 7 | 6.5% | 103 | 210 | — |
| Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras | Central & South America | Viasat | 182 | 115 | 63.2% | 27 | 209 | — |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Mainland China | — | 205 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 205 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | Central & South America | SES | 180 | 148 | 82.2% | 24 | 204 | — |
| JAL - Japan Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 148 | 148 | 100% | 53 | 201 | — |
| Qantas | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 135 | 105 | 77.8% | 60 | 195 | — |
| Vueling Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 142 | 130 | 91.5% | 50 | 192 | 93 |
| GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes | Central & South America | SES | 138 | 82 | 59.4% | 52 | 190 | — |
| easyJet UK | Western Europe | — | 189 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 189 | — |
| Etihad Airways | Middle East | Viasat | 120 | 118 | 98.3% | 69 | 189 | — |
| Frontier Airlines | North America | — | 183 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 183 | — |
| flynas | Middle East | SkyFive | 67 | 0 | 0% | 115 | 182 | — |
| Envoy Air | North America | SES | 180 | 180 | 100% | 0 | 180 | — |
| Malta Air | Western Europe | — | 179 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 179 | — |
| Wizz Air | Central & Eastern Europe | Starlink | 115 | 0 | 0% | 64 | 179 | 64 |
| Aeroflot | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 165 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 178 | — |
| Xiamen Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 174 | 11 | 6.3% | 0 | 174 | — |
| Thai Airways International | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | NEO Space Group (NSG) | 83 | 43 | 51.8% | 77 | 160 | — |
| Cathay Pacific | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 159 | 159 | 100% | 0 | 159 | — |
| Swiss | Western Europe | Starlink | 91 | 32 | 35.2% | 65 | 156 | 87 |
| Endeavor Air | North America | Hughes | 150 | 146 | 97.3% | 4 | 154 | — |
| PSA Airlines | North America | SES | 150 | 149 | 99.3% | 1 | 151 | — |
| Spirit Airlines | North America | Thales | 150 | 138 | 92% | 0 | 150 | — |
| Singapore Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 148 | 148 | 100% | 0 | 148 | 48 |
| ITA Airways | Western Europe | Starlink | 106 | 75 | 70.8% | 42 | 148 | 116 |
| Rossiya | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 133 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 145 | — |
| Volaris | North America | — | 137 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 137 | — |
| easyJet Europe | Western Europe | — | 136 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 136 | — |
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 125 | 103 | 82.4% | 11 | 136 | — |
| Shandong Airlines | Mainland China | — | 134 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 134 | — |
| Asiana Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Starlink | 68 | 15 | 22.1% | 66 | 134 | 81 |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 71 | 56 | 78.9% | 63 | 134 | 119 |
| Spring Airlines | Mainland China | — | 134 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 134 | — |
| Aeroméxico | North America | Viasat | 132 | 132 | 100% | 0 | 132 | — |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Africa | Thales | 131 | 63 | 48.1% | 0 | 131 | — |
| Pegasus Airlines | Middle East | — | 129 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 129 | — |
| Jet2 (United Kingdom) | Western Europe | — | 127 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 127 | — |
| Allegiant Air | North America | — | 125 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 125 | — |
| Iberia | Western Europe | Starlink | 94 | 90 | 95.7% | 25 | 119 | 111 |
| Air New Zealand | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 115 | 38 | 33% | 3 | 118 | 2 |
| airBaltic | Central & Eastern Europe | Starlink | 54 | 28 | 51.9% | 63 | 117 | 91 |
| Jetstar Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 100 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 111 | — |
| Piedmont Airlines | North America | — | 109 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 109 | — |
| Vietnam Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 93 | 10 | 10.8% | 15 | 108 | — |
| AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 107 | 71 | 66.4% | 0 | 107 | — |
| Air India Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 106 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 106 | — |
| Thai AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | 44 | 106 | — |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 91 | 10 | 11% | 14 | 105 | — |
| VietJetAir | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 104 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 104 | — |
| Juneyao Air | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 103 | 10 | 9.7% | 0 | 103 | — |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle AOC | Western Europe | Anuvu | 42 | 29 | 69% | 59 | 101 | — |
| Riyadh Air | Middle East | NEO Space Group (NSG) | 1 | 0 | 0% | 99 | 100 | — |
| Jazz Air | North America | SES | 96 | 65 | 67.7% | 3 | 99 | 9 |
| Breeze Airways | North America | Viasat | 62 | 54 | 87.1% | 36 | 98 | — |
| Tianjin Airlines | Mainland China | — | 98 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 98 | — |
| Aer Lingus | Western Europe | Starlink | 63 | 28 | 44.4% | 35 | 98 | 63 |
| Eurowings | Western Europe | Viasat | 69 | 40 | 58% | 29 | 98 | 19 |
| Austrian Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 66 | 33 | 50% | 30 | 96 | 63 |
| S7 Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 94 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 94 | — |
| Brussels Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 47 | 0 | 0% | 46 | 93 | 46 |
| Garuda Indonesia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 80 | 11 | 13.8% | 11 | 91 | — |
| Transavia France | Western Europe | — | 91 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 91 | — |
| Lion Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 90 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 90 | — |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Central & South America | SES | 81 | 10 | 12.3% | 9 | 90 | — |
| Shanghai Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 88 | 10 | 11.4% | 0 | 88 | — |
| Malaysia Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 87 | 43 | 49.4% | 0 | 87 | — |
| Buzz (Poland) | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 87 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 87 | — |
| Gulf Air | Middle East | Starlink | 44 | 19 | 43.2% | 42 | 86 | 61 |
| TAP Air Portugal | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 83 | 32 | 38.6% | 2 | 85 | — |
| SunExpress | Middle East | — | 85 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 85 | — |
| Chengdu Airlines | Mainland China | — | 82 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 82 | — |
| EVA Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 81 | 64 | 79% | 0 | 81 | — |
| Cebu Pacific Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 81 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 81 | — |
| AJet (Türkiye) | Middle East | Hughes | 44 | 0 | 0% | 37 | 81 | — |
| Virgin Australia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 71 | 56 | 78.9% | 9 | 80 | — |
| LATAM Airlines | Central & South America | SES | 62 | 39 | 62.9% | 17 | 79 | — |
| Alliance Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 79 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 79 | — |
| Capital Airlines (China) | Mainland China | — | 79 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 79 | — |
| China Express Airlines | Mainland China | — | 79 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 79 | — |
| Wings Air (Indonesia) | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 77 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 77 | — |
| Loong Air | Mainland China | — | 76 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 76 | — |
| Philippine Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 53 | 24 | 45.3% | 23 | 76 | — |
| EgyptAir | Africa | Panasonic Avionics | 67 | 26 | 38.8% | 8 | 75 | — |
| CommuteAir | North America | — | 75 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 75 | — |
| Mesa Airlines | North America | Starlink | 63 | 60 | 95.2% | 11 | 74 | 71 |
| TUI Airways | Western Europe | — | 72 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 72 | — |
| Aegean Airlines | Western Europe | Viasat | 71 | 71 | 100% | 0 | 71 | — |
| Airlink (South Africa) | Africa | — | 71 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 71 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Perú | Central & South America | SES | 59 | 38 | 64.4% | 12 | 71 | — |
| Air Arabia | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 56 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 67 | — |
| China Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 66 | 44 | 66.7% | 0 | 66 | — |
| El Al Israel Airlines | Middle East | Starlink | 48 | 28 | 58.3% | 17 | 65 | 45 |
| Trans Maldivian Airways | Africa | — | 64 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 64 | — |
| Batik Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 63 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 63 | — |
| Scoot | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 63 | 24 | 38.1% | 0 | 63 | — |
| KLM cityhopper | Western Europe | Viasat | 61 | 21 | 34.4% | 0 | 61 | — |
| Super Air Jet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 61 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 61 | — |
| Air Algérie | Africa | Viasat | 56 | 4 | 7.1% | 4 | 60 | — |
| HOP! (France) | Western Europe | Starlink | 38 | 14 | 36.8% | 22 | 60 | 36 |
| UTair | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 59 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 59 | — |
| Citilink | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 58 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 58 | — |
| China United Airlines | Mainland China | Panasonic Avionics | 58 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 58 | — |
| GoJet Airlines | North America | Starlink | 57 | 55 | 96.5% | 1 | 58 | 56 |
| Royal Air Maroc | Africa | Viasat | 58 | 15 | 25.9% | 0 | 58 | — |
| Rex - Regional Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 57 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 57 | — |
| Air Wisconsin | North America | — | 57 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 57 | — |
| Jin Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Starlink | 33 | 7 | 21.2% | 24 | 57 | 31 |
| Norwegian Air Sweden AOC | Western Europe | Anuvu | 53 | 25 | 47.2% | 4 | 57 | — |
| JSX (United States of America) | North America | Starlink | 56 | 54 | 96.4% | 1 | 57 | 55 |
| Aeroméxico Connect | North America | Viasat | 35 | 13 | 37.1% | 21 | 56 | — |
| Air Dolomiti | Western Europe | Starlink | 28 | 0 | 0% | 27 | 55 | 27 |
| SAS Connect | Western Europe | Starlink | 32 | 9 | 28.1% | 23 | 55 | 32 |
| Condor | Western Europe | Viasat | 53 | 34 | 64.2% | 1 | 54 | — |
| Finnair | Western Europe | Viasat | 53 | 53 | 100% | 1 | 54 | — |
| Virgin Atlantic | Western Europe | Starlink | 42 | 42 | 100% | 12 | 54 | 49 |
| Widerøe | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 51 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 54 | — |
| Air Europa | Western Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 48 | 26 | 54.2% | 5 | 53 | — |
| Lucky Air (China) | Mainland China | — | 53 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 53 | — |
| Tibet Airlines | Mainland China | — | 53 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 53 | — |
| Porter Airlines Canada | North America | Viasat | 52 | 52 | 100% | 0 | 52 | — |
| Icelandair | Western Europe | Viasat | 39 | 39 | 100% | 13 | 52 | — |
| Qingdao Airlines | Mainland China | TD-Link | 39 | 1 | 2.6% | 13 | 52 | — |
| SpiceJet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 51 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 51 | — |
| Ural Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 51 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 51 | — |
| Horizon Air | North America | Starlink | 47 | 47 | 100% | 3 | 50 | 50 |
| Iberia Express | Western Europe | Starlink | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | 24 | 50 | 26 |
| Transavia Airlines | Western Europe | — | 50 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 50 | — |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Central & Eastern Europe | NEO Space Group (NSG) | 35 | 7 | 20% | 15 | 50 | — |
| West Air (China) | Mainland China | — | 50 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 50 | — |
| Indonesia AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 27 | 1 | 3.7% | 22 | 49 | — |
| Philippines AirAsia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | airasia wifi | 24 | 0 | 0% | 24 | 48 | — |
| t'way Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 48 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 48 | — |
| Batik Air Malaysia | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 47 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 47 | — |
| Royal Jordanian | Middle East | Viasat | 35 | 23 | 65.7% | 11 | 46 | — |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | AirCom Pacific | 27 | 0 | 0% | 19 | 46 | — |
| Sun Country Airlines | North America | Anuvu | 46 | 3 | 6.5% | 0 | 46 | — |
| AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | Viasat | 27 | 2 | 7.4% | 18 | 45 | — |
| Edelweiss Air | Western Europe | Starlink | 23 | 0 | 0% | 22 | 45 | 22 |
| flyadeal | Middle East | — | 45 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 45 | — |
| Iraqi Airways | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 42 | 11 | 26.2% | 2 | 44 | — |
| HK Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 44 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 44 | — |
| Air Transat | North America | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Jeju Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Safair | Africa | — | 43 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43 | — |
| Air Busan | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Starlink | 21 | 0 | 0% | 21 | 42 | 21 |
| Pobeda | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 42 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 42 | — |
| Wizz Air UK | Western Europe | Starlink | 21 | 0 | 0% | 21 | 42 | 21 |
| Mahan Air | Middle East | — | 41 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 41 | — |
| Smartwings (Czechia) | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 41 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 41 | — |
| Volotea | Western Europe | — | 40 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 40 | — |
| Sunstate Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 40 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 40 | — |
| Air Cairo | Africa | — | 39 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 39 | — |
| Network Aviation | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 39 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 39 | — |
| Starlux Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 31 | 31 | 100% | 8 | 39 | — |
| Air Canada rouge | North America | SES | 38 | 38 | 100% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Air Nostrum | Western Europe | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| Peach Aviation | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 38 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 38 | — |
| WestJet Encore | North America | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| Avion Express Malta | Western Europe | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| Akasa Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 37 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 37 | — |
| Skymark Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 29 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 37 | — |
| Lufthansa Cityline | Western Europe | Viasat | 35 | 11 | 31.4% | 1 | 36 | — |
| Thai Lion Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 36 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 36 | — |
| Enter Air | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 35 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 35 | — |
| SCAT Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 35 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 35 | — |
| Air Astana | Central & Eastern Europe | Collins Aerospace | 34 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 34 | — |
| LATAM Airlines Colombia | Central & South America | SES | 34 | 34 | 100% | 0 | 34 | — |
| Air Serbia | Central & Eastern Europe | Panasonic Avionics | 31 | 9 | 29% | 3 | 34 | — |
| Oman Air | Middle East | Viasat | 33 | 9 | 27.3% | 0 | 33 | — |
| Discover Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 31 | 12 | 38.7% | 2 | 33 | 14 |
| J-Air | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 32 | 14 | 43.8% | 0 | 32 | — |
| Contour Aviation | North America | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| Kunming Airlines | Mainland China | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| PAL Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 32 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 32 | — |
| Kuwait Airways | Middle East | Viasat | 31 | 31 | 100% | 0 | 31 | — |
| IranAir | Middle East | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Voyageur Airways | North America | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Kenya Airways | Africa | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Air Peace | Africa | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Chongqing Airlines | Mainland China | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| easyJet Switzerland | Western Europe | — | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Africa | Viasat | 31 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 31 | — |
| Red Wings Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 30 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 30 | — |
| MEA - Middle East Airlines | Middle East | Panasonic Avionics | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 9 | 30 | — |
| Hebei Airlines | Mainland China | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Eurowings Europe (Malta) | Western Europe | Viasat | 29 | 15 | 51.7% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Loganair | Western Europe | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Porter Airlines | North America | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| SKY Express (Greece) | Western Europe | — | 29 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 29 | — |
| Lufthansa City Airlines | Western Europe | Starlink | 16 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 29 | 13 |
| PIA - Pakistan International Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| CemAir | Africa | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| Virgin Australia International | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | SES | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 0 | 28 | — |
| FlyArystan | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 28 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 28 | — |
| GX Airlines | Mainland China | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Nordwind Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| Ruili Airlines | Mainland China | — | 27 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 27 | — |
| 9 Air | Mainland China | China Telecom | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| ALS - Aircraft Leasing Services | Africa | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| Lauda Europe | Western Europe | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| ANA Wings | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Panasonic Avionics | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 0 | 26 | — |
| Shantou Airlines | Mainland China | — | 26 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 26 | — |
| Wamos Air | Western Europe | SES | 13 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 26 | — |
| Canadian North | North America | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Air Niugini | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 25 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 25 | — |
| Air Inuit | North America | Starlink | 25 | 2 | 8% | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| BA Euroflyer | Western Europe | Starlink | 25 | 25 | 100% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Henan Airlines | Mainland China | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Yamal Airlines | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Central Mountain Air | North America | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Maldivian | Africa | Unknown | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | 0 | 24 | — |
| NoRRA Nordic Regional Airlines | Western Europe | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| TUI fly (Germany) | Western Europe | — | 24 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 24 | — |
| Jazeera Airways | Middle East | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Air Macau | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| ATA Airlines (Iran) | Middle East | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Donghai Airlines | Mainland China | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Jetstar Japan | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| SriLankan Airlines | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | Viasat | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| Domestic Airlines | Africa | — | 23 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 23 | — |
| CityJet | Western Europe | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Bangkok Airways | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Conviasa | Central & South America | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Luxair | Western Europe | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Thai VietJetAir | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 22 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 22 | — |
| Okay Airways | Mainland China | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Alliance Air (India) | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Clic (Colombia) | Central & South America | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Colorful Guizhou Airlines | Mainland China | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Eastar Jet | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| interCaribbean Airways | Central & South America | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| TUI fly (Belgium) | Western Europe | — | 21 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 21 | — |
| Helvetic Airways | Western Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| PAL Airlines (Canada) | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Azimuth | Central & Eastern Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| BA CityFlyer | Western Europe | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Caribbean Airlines | Central & South America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Flair Airlines | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| JetSMART Argentina | Central & South America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Manta Air | Africa | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| National Jet Express | Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China) | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Pacific Coastal Airlines | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Rise Air | North America | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Sahel Aviation Service | Africa | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
| Urumqi Air | Mainland China | — | 20 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 20 | — |
Sources & notes
Source: SES tail-level census (one row per delivered airframe, with per-tail IFC status, provider and seats) and SES IFC Tracker flat files, Q1 2024 / Q1 2025 / Q1 2026 snapshots (data/aviation/, exported by scripts/aviation/sync_ifc.py). Airlines join case-insensitively on name; census IFC-active tails reconcile with tracker actives in all three years.
Note: Fleet potential = delivered airframes (all statuses; the census holds no cargo fleets) + the tracker's net committed order backlog. Orders with no IFC commitment are invisible to both files, which is most of the gap to the ~47,000-aircraft addressable market on SES's segmentation slide. Penetration = tails flying with IFC ÷ delivered fleet. The disc shows the leading provider's (or orbit's) committed share; a provider switch appears as a negative backlog on the loser and a matching positive on the winner (American's A321s: Viasat −202 / Starlink +202). Orbit families: GEO includes GEO+ATG hybrids (EAN); multi-orbit is SES's GEO+MEO fleet. The slide's digital-maturity axis is qualitative; this map proxies it with IFC penetration. THE SIGNED SKY also applies the signed awards in data/aviation/signed_overrides.csv, each sourced — American's Airbus narrowbodies (500+) to Starlink from 2027 (Boeing stays Viasat/Panasonic near-term), Starlink across Southwest's fleet (300+ signed; full ~800-aircraft fleet is the stated goal), and Delta's mainline to Amazon Leo from 2028, with Hughes keeping the 717/RJ sliver.
02 · THE ORDER BOOK, THE BURN & INSTALL SPEED
Who holds the committed fleet — and whose backlog is burning off
One row per provider, for the quarter selected above, on one fixed scale. The solid bar is the fleet flying today; the pale extension isbacklog still to install. A hatched red tail is run-off — aircraft flying with that provider today but no longer committed to it (the airline signed elsewhere). The badge is the backlog's change against the prior-year snapshot.
Starlink7,326 committed · 55 airlines · backlog 6,421▲ +3,789 YoY
Viasat3,799 committed · 60 airlines · run-off 797▼ −1,677 YoY
SES · Intelsat2,181 committed · 38 airlines · run-off 439▲ +158 YoY
Panasonic Avionics1,626 committed · 56 airlines · run-off 903▼ −504 YoY
Anuvu622 committed · 10 airlines · run-off 280▼ −290 YoY
Hughes546 committed · 6 airlines · backlog 502▲ +41 YoY
Amazon LEO533 committed · 2 airlines · backlog 533▲ +533 YoY
NEO Space Group (NSG)234 committed · 5 airlines · backlog 225▲ +181 YoY
airasia wifi175 committed · 5 airlines · backlog 97▼ −1 YoY
Thales31 committed · 3 airlines · run-off 152▼ −150 YoY
roKKi Avionics0 committed · 0 airlines · backlog 0▲ +0 YoY
Q1 2024
+140 Starlink backlog
+4,492 everyone else
Q1 2025
+2,632 Starlink backlog
+611 everyone else
Q1 2026
+6,421 Starlink backlog
−1,090 everyone else
The rest of the market now installs faster than it signs — net run-off.
Sources & notes
Source: data/aviation/ifc_providers.csv; backlog = committed − active per provider and snapshot.
Note: The tracker renames Intelsat to SES in the Q1 2026 file (post-acquisition); both read as one thread, "SES · Intelsat". Backlog is only reported at the annual Q1 snapshots, so the badge is a year-over-year change, not quarterly.
Installation speed converts backlog into revenue.
One dot per airline rollout, for the three providers that matter. Across: how many retrofit installs the rollout did. Up: retrofit install speed — aircraft pulled from service and fitted per active quarter across the 12-quarter record. Factory linefits (easy, fast, on new airframes) are excluded, so providers compare like for like. The dashed line is each provider's median speed.
Starlink retrofits 3.7× faster — and it does nothing else. Its installs are 0% factory linefit: every aircraft is a retrofit pulled from service, yet its median rollout fits 16.6 per active quarter against 4.5 for the incumbents. Viasat's apparent pace leans on the easy kind —40% of its volume is factory linefit — and its two fast dots, United and Delta, are Gogo fleets migrating onto Viasat, roughly half of it linefit. On the hard install, no incumbent keeps up.
Sources & notes
Source: data/aviation/ifc_install.csv — per-airline Retrofits and Linefits by quarter from the three tracker files (contiguous 2023 Q2 → 2026 Q1), for airline rollouts of 8+ retrofit installs.
Note: A linefit is a factory install on a new airframe (fast, easy); a retrofit pulls an in-service aircraft (the hard, slow kind). Speed is retrofit installs ÷ quarters with net retrofit installs — throughput while a rollout is active, not calendar pace; the tooltip carries each rollout's linefit share and peak quarter. Only Starlink, SES/Intelsat and Viasat are shown; the rest of the field is too small to compare. Some incumbent growth is a fleet migrating from an acquired provider (United/Delta off Gogo onto Viasat), which the retrofit count still captures as real installs.
03 · SES vs STARLINK
Starlink wins new logos. SES renews its base.
Every airline in each provider's forward order book, Q1 2026 — one dot per brand. A solid dot is a net-new logo the provider has never flown; a ring is an expansion of a customer it already serves. This is a picture of focus, not volume.
Brand-new logos
5vs33
SES · Starlink · airlines
Forward pipeline
401vs6,421
SES · Starlink · aircraft
Base flying today
2,620vs905
SES · Starlink · aircraft
Median new-win fleet
107vs67
SES · Starlink · aircraft
STARLINK33 brand-new · 19 expansions · 52 airlines in the order book
SES5 brand-new · 9 expansions · 14 airlines in the order book
Brand-new logo (never flown the provider) Expansion of an existing customer
Two different games. Starlink's order book is a conquest campaign: 33 brands it has never flown — Lufthansa, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Korean Air, flydubai, ITA Airways — worth 2,902 aircraft. SES's book is a retention book: 5 net-new logos, and those are toe-in trials (Viva, China Southern Airlines, Wamos Air, Skymark Airlines, Air India), not conquests. The other 9 names in its pipeline are re-signings of a base it already owns.
This reframes Latin America. SES leads the region 533 aircraft to 115, but that lead is renewals — GOL, Avianca, the LATAM Airlines group — not new brands taken from a competitor. It is a defended incumbency, and it holds only until Starlink signs its first regional flag carrier (Copa, 115 aircraft, is the toe in the door). For the C-suite: SES is defending; Starlink is expanding the market and taking the new brands. The strategic question is focus — whether to keep re-signing the base or to contest net-new logos before the field closes.
Sources & notes
Source: data/aviation/h2h_logos.csv and h2h_stats.csv — Q1 2026 tracker, SES/Intelsat and SpaceX only. A forward-pipeline airline (positive backlog) is anet-new logo when the provider has zero aircraft flying there today, or anexpansion when it already serves that airline.
Note: Each dot is one airline, weighted equally — the chart counts brands, not aircraft. SES's total backlog is net negative (−439): it runs off faster than it signs outside its footholds, so the pipeline figure counts only positive, forward wins. No pricing or subsidy data is in the tracker; the renewal pattern reflects incumbency and switching cost, not evidence of discounting.
04 · THE CROSSOVER
Everyone is defending. Starlink is eating.
Net order backlog by provider — committed book minus what is flying today — across the three annual snapshots. Above the waterline the book is growing; below it the provider is in run-off, contracted to lose more aircraft than it will gain. Watch the incumbents cross it.
The three acts. In 2024 Q1 Starlink was a rounding error (+140 aircraft) and every incumbent was still growing its book. By 2025 Q1 Starlink had jumped to +2,632 and the first incumbents crossed into run-off — Intelsat and Panasonic went negative while Viasat's book was already halving. In 2026 Q1 Starlink reached +6,421 and all 3 incumbents are below the waterline. The danger is in that turn: early on Starlink was winning greenfield aircraft; now it is booking net losses onto every incumbent — it has moved from filling white space to taking accounts, and the trend is still widening.
Sources & notes
Source: data/aviation/ifc_providers.csv — one row per provider per annual snapshot. Net backlog = committed − active (the tracker identity Committed = Active + Backlog); a negative value is contracted run-off. Intelsat is threaded into SES across the acquisition.
Note: Amazon LEO enters the book in 2026 Q1 (+533 aircraft, first orders) — a second LEO attacker behind Starlink, not yet plotted for want of a trend. Smaller incumbents (Anuvu, Thales) follow the same path below the waterline; the four largest books are shown.
05 · THE MIGRATION
Twelve quarters of installed base: the GEO era peaks
Aircraft flying with IFC, every quarter from 2023 Q2 to 2026 Q1 — the same provider/orbit toggle above switches this chart's view. By orbit: the GEO installed base peaked in 2025, ATG is running off, and LEO grew from 39 aircraft to 907.
Sources & notes
Source: data/aviation/ifc_quarters.csv — the tracker files' four trailing quarters each tile a contiguous 2023 Q2 → 2026 Q1 series.
Note: Only the Q1 2026 file carries a per-row orbit; earlier quarters map each provider + technology to the orbit it flies in that file (Intelsat normalised to SES), so pre-2025 orbit splits are estimates. ATG / hybrid is the North-American air-to-ground run-off; multi-orbit is SES's GEO+MEO (mPOWER) fleet.
06 · THE GREENFIELDS
The largest fleets nobody has won yet
The census sees what the contract tracker cannot: every fleet with no IFC deal at all. These are the twelve largest fleets still under 10% connected in the quarter selected above — 3,274 aircraft of open prize among them. Bar length is the total delivered fleet; the sliver is the share already flying connected, so a near-empty bar marks a near-untouched fleet.
Air China · Mainland China492 aircraft · 6.1% connected
IndiGo Airlines · Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China)351 aircraft · 0% connected
Ryanair · Western Europe299 aircraft · 0% connected
Shenzhen Airlines · Mainland China199 aircraft · 0% connected
Sichuan Airlines · Mainland China191 aircraft · 5.2% connected
easyJet UK · Western Europe183 aircraft · 0% connected
Malta Air · Western Europe174 aircraft · 0% connected
Aeroflot · Central & Eastern Europe170 aircraft · 0% connected
Xiamen Airlines · Mainland China164 aircraft · 7.3% connected
Frontier Airlines · North America142 aircraft · 0% connected
Rossiya · Central & Eastern Europe136 aircraft · 0% connected
Allegiant Air · North America131 aircraft · 0% connected
China Southern Airlines · Mainland China573 aircraft · 9.9% connected
Air China · Mainland China499 aircraft · 6% connected
IndiGo Airlines · Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China)403 aircraft · 0% connected
Ryanair · Western Europe321 aircraft · 0% connected
Shenzhen Airlines · Mainland China204 aircraft · 0% connected
Sichuan Airlines · Mainland China204 aircraft · 6.9% connected
easyJet UK · Western Europe188 aircraft · 0% connected
Malta Air · Western Europe179 aircraft · 0% connected
Xiamen Airlines · Mainland China174 aircraft · 6.9% connected
Aeroflot · Central & Eastern Europe171 aircraft · 0% connected
Frontier Airlines · North America161 aircraft · 0% connected
Volaris · North America138 aircraft · 0% connected
China Southern Airlines · Mainland China605 aircraft · 6.6% connected
Air China · Mainland China527 aircraft · 8.2% connected
IndiGo Airlines · Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China)421 aircraft · 0% connected
Ryanair · Western Europe340 aircraft · 0% connected
Shenzhen Airlines · Mainland China205 aircraft · 0% connected
easyJet UK · Western Europe189 aircraft · 0% connected
Frontier Airlines · North America183 aircraft · 0% connected
Malta Air · Western Europe179 aircraft · 0% connected
Xiamen Airlines · Mainland China174 aircraft · 6.3% connected
Aeroflot · Central & Eastern Europe165 aircraft · 0% connected
Saudia · Middle East149 aircraft · 4% connected
Volaris · North America137 aircraft · 0% connected
China Southern Airlines · Mainland China626 aircraft · 9.7% connected
Air China · Mainland China527 aircraft · 8.2% connected
IndiGo Airlines · Asia-Pacific (exc. Mainland China)421 aircraft · 0% connected
Ryanair · Western Europe340 aircraft · 0% connected
Shenzhen Airlines · Mainland China205 aircraft · 0% connected
easyJet UK · Western Europe189 aircraft · 0% connected
Frontier Airlines · North America183 aircraft · 0% connected
Malta Air · Western Europe179 aircraft · 0% connected
Aeroflot · Central & Eastern Europe178 aircraft · 7.3% connected
Xiamen Airlines · Mainland China174 aircraft · 6.3% connected
Spirit Airlines · North America150 aircraft · 0% connected
Rossiya · Central & Eastern Europe145 aircraft · 8.3% connected
Sources & notes
Source: tail-level census, same snapshots as the map; fleets of 100+ aircraft with penetration under 10%.
Note: Mainland-Chinese fleets dominate this board — the slide's "risky greenfields" prescription (regulatory access, partner-first models) applies. IndiGo and Ryanair carry no IFC commitment in any of the three files.