American Airlines announced plans to finally offer Free Wi-Fi on flightsThe company said the field that its program, sponsored by AT&T, will begin to offer free high-speed Wi-Fi “for more than 2 million American flights a year” in January 2026.
To be able to access the free Wi-Fi, you will have to become a member of the American Aadantage Loyalty Program, but as soon as you register, all you need to do is enter the system to access the Internet. Wi-Fi will be offered on aircraft with Viasat and IntelSat high-speed satellite communication, according to American, which includes 90 percent of the airline fleet. “The Americans are also in the pace to gain more than 500 regional aircraft with high-speed Wi-Fi by the end of 2025,” the company said.
Almost every large American airline offers some kind of free Wi-Fi program, and all of them can do this thanks to satellite communication. United began Using Starlink for Wi-Fi at the beginning of this year, and both Hawaiian airlines And Delta The tests ran using the SpaceX satellite Internet in 2022. Delta In the end, I went with Viasat For its Wi-Fi program sponsored by T-Mobile in 2023, with the same requirement of the loyalty program as the American Airlines.