Qatar Airways has announced a series of milestones that place it firmly at the front of the global Starlink rollout race. In just over a year, the airline has gone from first installation to operating the world’s largest Starlink-equipped widebody fleet, bringing high-speed, low-latency internet to passengers on routes spanning six continents.
In a post on X, the airline summarized the achievement, calling it an industry-leading deployment that highlights “the scale, speed, and milestones behind how faster-than-home connectivity is reshaping the passenger experience across our widebody fleet.” Qatar Airways has now installed Starlink on nearly 120 widebody aircraft and is offering up to 250 Starlink-enabled flights every single day.
This latest announcement marks another global first. Qatar Airways has become the first airline to enable the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with Starlink connectivity. At the same time, the carrier confirmed it completed Starlink installations across its entire Airbus A350 fleet in December 2025—an effort that took just eight months from start to finish.
Qatar Airways has announced they have installed Starlink on nearly 120 wide body aircraft and offer up to 250 Starlink-enabled flights per day. pic.twitter.com/2QskUkU4sk
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Combined with its earlier Boeing 777 rollout, Qatar Airways managed to start and complete two major widebody programs within a 14-month window, an installation pace that is unprecedented in commercial aviation.
With three Dreamliners already flying with Starlink, the airline’s connected widebody total now sits at nearly 120 aircraft. That represents more than 58 percent of its widebody fleet, spanning Airbus A350s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787s.
Just as significant, Qatar Airways is the first carrier in the world to secure Starlink certification for the Boeing 787-8, clearing the way for broader adoption of the service across the Dreamliner family.
Since launching the service in October 2024, more than 11 million travelers have used the airline’s free, gate-to-gate Starlink Wi-Fi. Speeds of up to 500 Mbps allow for streaming, video calls, and real-time work that can rival—or even exceed—typical home broadband connections.
In 2025 alone, Starlink connected over 21 million passengers across all global airlines, with Qatar Airways accounting for nearly half of that total.
