United suspends Starlink Wi-Fi on Embraer fleet due to radio interference: TPG

United Airlines has suspended Starlink Wi-Fi service on around two dozen of its regional Embraer aircraft due to issues with static radio interference.  

Since June 7, 2025, all flights operated by these aircraft, which are said to be the airline’s Embraer 175 fleet, have not had Starlink internet connectivity, according to a report by The Points Guy. 

According to The Points Guy, the airline has received notifications of radio interference between the VHF antennas used by pilots for communication with air traffic controllers and the Starlink antennas. 

“United and Starlink teams are working together to address a small number of reports of static interference during the operation of the Wi-Fi system, which is fairly common with any new airline Wi-Fi provider,” a United spokesperson told the publication. 

The airline spokesperson said this kind of radio interference often occurs when introducing new connectivity solutions. The airline said that it “expects the service to be back up and running on these aircraft soon.” 

United and Starlink have found a way to address the radio interference, and both are currently implementing it on the impacted aircraft, The Points Guy report continued. To date, about one-third of the affected aircraft have received a fix. 

A United spokesperson added that it will not take aircraft out of service to implement fixes. Instead, it will wait for the affected aircraft to go through their regular maintenance visits to make changes. 

United announced that it plans to restore Starlink on the affected aircraft in the coming weeks, The Points Guy report said. 

In September 2024, the airline announced that it had made the biggest deal of its kind in the industry with SpaceX to introduce Starlink across its whole fleet, adding that this connectivity “will enable experiences in the sky at scale that no other major US airline provides.” 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the airline’s Embraer 175 fleet on April 1, 2025. 

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