SpaceX kos npe rau Hawaiian Airlines pub dawb Starlink Wi-Fi ntawm kev ya davhlau

Hawaiian Airlines dav hlau

Louis Nastro | Xov Xwm Reuters

SpaceX yuav pib muab internet wireless rau Hawaiian Airlines ya davhlau los ntawm Starlink satellite network thaum ntxov xyoo tom ntej, ib qho kev pab cuam lub dav hlau hais rau CNBC nws npaj yuav muab rau cov neeg caij tsheb dawb.

Qhov deal yog thawj zaug rau Elon Musk tus chaw lag luam nrog lub dav hlau loj. Starlink yog SpaceX lub network ntawm kwv yees li 2,000 satellites nyob rau hauv qis ntiaj teb orbit, tsim los xa high-speed internet rau cov neeg siv khoom thiab kev lag luam nyob txhua qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb.

Hawaiian txoj kev npaj rau kev sib txuas pub dawb nrog Starlink tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov rau cov neeg sib tw kom muaj Wi-Fi dawb rau cov neeg taug kev, qee yam tam sim no muaj nyob rau ntawm JetBlue Airways. Piv txwv, Delta Cua Kab CEO Ed Bastian tau hais hauv 2018 tias lub dav hlau xav muab kev pabcuam dawb, siab ceev Wi-Fi ntawm nws cov dav hlau. Nws tau sim nws ntawm qee lub davhlau hauv 2019.

Kev teeb tsa ntawm Starlink terminals, tseem hu ua antennas, xav tias yuav pib xyoo tom ntej ntawm Hawaiian dav hlau. Lub dav hlau tseem tsis tau pib sim Starlink ntawm lub dav hlau, thiab muaj "cov teeb meem pov thawj uas yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm dhau los ua ntej peb npaj ua cov khoom lag luam," Avi Mannis, Hawaiian tus thawj coj ua lag luam thiab kev sib txuas lus, tau hais hauv kev xam phaj. "Tab sis peb ntseeg siab tias muaj txoj hauv kev mus rau qhov ntawd."

Lub dav hlau tsis kam tshaj tawm cov ntsiab lus nyiaj txiag ntawm nws qhov kev pom zoo nrog SpaceX.

Hawaiian tam sim no tsis muaj kev ya davhlau Wi-nkaus thiab muaj kev sib txuas dav dav ntawm kev ya hla hiav txwv Pacific, ua haujlwm rau thaj av loj US, Nyiv, Australia thiab New Zealand, ntawm lwm qhov chaw, los ntawm Hawaii. Nws npaj yuav muab kev sib txuas ntawm Starlink ntawm nws lub davhlau tawm ntawm nws lub xeev hauv tsev mus rau cov nroog thoob plaws hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab mus rau nws cov chaw thoob ntiaj teb.

"Keeb kwm, peb tau saib peb lub khw thiab tsis pom cov kev xaiv zoo tshaj hauv Pacific. Peb yeej tsis muaj kev sib txuas ntawm peb lub nkoj hnub no, "Mannis hais. "Cov kev xaiv tau txhim kho nyob rau lub sijhawm, tab sis peb tau tos kom txog thaum muaj cov khoom muag ... uas peb xav tias yuav ua raws li qhov kev cia siab ntawm peb cov qhua."

Thaum kawg ntawm 2021, kev lag luam pej xeem Hawaii muaj 24 Airbus A330-200s thiab 18 A321s. Nws npaj yuav hnav nws yav tom ntej Boeing 787s nrog Starlink thiab. Nws 717s siv rau kev ya davhlau intraisland raug cais tawm ntawm qhov kev pom zoo, Mannis tau hais.

Mannis tsis tau qhia meej tias qhov internet ceev SpaceX tau tshaj tawm tias Starlink yuav xa hauv cov dav hlau, tab sis hais tias "cov kev ua tau zoo uas lawv tau tham txog thiab tau ua qauv qhia tau zoo heev."

Hauv kev tshaj tawm xov xwm los ntawm Hawaiian, Jonathan Hofeller, tus lwm thawj ntawm Starlink kev muag khoom ntawm SpaceX, kuj tau hais txog qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm cov khoom, "Hawaiian Airlines tau ua kom nws cov neeg caij tsheb yuav ntsib kev kub ceev hauv internet raws li peb xav kom nws nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 21st, ua rau muaj teeb meem. zoo li rub tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab ua ntej tshem tawm qhov qub txeeg qub teg. "

Mannis, tus thawj coj ntawm Hawaiian, tau hais tias SpaceX lub zeem muag rau inflight internet "yog txawv heev" dua li lwm cov chaw sib tw satellite broadband, hais tias lub hom phiaj rau Starlink yog qhov kev pabcuam "yuav tsum ceev, thiab nws yuav tsum tsis muaj kev sib txhuam, thiab nws yuav tsum pub dawb. ”

SpaceX xyoo tas los tau hais nws tau ntsib nrog ntau lub dav hlau los muab kev pabcuam inflight.

Lub lim tiam dhau los, semi-private charter flights provider JSX tau hais tias nws tau mus txog qhov kev pom zoo rau Starlink Wi-fi, thawj tus cab kuj ua tau li ntawd. SpaceX tam sim no muaj txog 250,000 tag nrho cov neeg siv Starlink, uas suav nrog cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov neeg siv khoom lag luam. Cov neeg siv them $ 110 ib hlis rau cov txheej txheem kev pabcuam thiab $ 500 ib hlis rau qib hwm, ntxiv rau cov nqi kho vajtse.

Hawaiian tau teem sijhawm tshaj tawm cov txiaj ntsig peb lub hlis twg tom qab kev lag luam kaw rau hnub Tuesday.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/spacex-signs-hawaiian-airlines-for-free-starlink-wi-fi-on-flights.html