{"id":113770,"date":"2026-01-20T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ryanair-rejects-implementation-of-starlink-system-due-to-fuel-costs-and-short-flight-times\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:10:44","slug":"ryanair-rejects-implementation-of-starlink-system-due-to-fuel-costs-and-short-flight-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ryanair-rejects-implementation-of-starlink-system-due-to-fuel-costs-and-short-flight-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair rejects implementation of Starlink system due to fuel costs and short flight times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Ryanair has ruled out equipping its aircraft with the Starlink satellite internet service, citing the negative impact on fuel efficiency and the company&#8217;s specific operating model, characterized by short-haul flights.<\/p>\n<p>Michael O&#8217;Leary, chief executive of the low-cost airline, told Reuters that installing the required antenna on the fuselage results in a 2% penalty in fuel burn due to the weight of the equipment and additional aerodynamic drag. O&#8217;Leary also pointed out that passengers would not be willing to pay extra for WiFi when the average Ryanair flight lasts just one hour. This positioning is in contradiction with trends seen with other major European operators. Rival Lufthansa has already announced that it has signed an agreement to install Starlink, while Scandinavian airline SAS opted for this supplier last year, arguing, unlike Ryanair, that the system offered by Elon Musk&#8217;s company has less aerodynamic drag than competing solutions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Ryanair has ruled out equipping its aircraft with the Starlink satellite internet service, citing the negative impact on fuel efficiency and the company&#8217;s specific operating model, characterized by short-haul flights. Michael O&#8217;Leary, chief executive of the low-cost airline, told Reuters that installing the required antenna on the fuselage results in a 2% penalty in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":113771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-113770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113773,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113770\/revisions\/113773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113770"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=113770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}