JetBlue is set to become the first airline to use Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite network to power its onboard Wi-Fi . The airline has been an innovator with its broadband Fly-Fi service, being the first US carrier to provide passengers with free onboard Wi-Fi back in 2013. Now it will begin providing passengers with internet access using Amazon’s satellites by 2027, JetBlue said in a statement on Thursday.

The announcement is a big boost for Amazon as well, as the Seattle-based technology giant attempts to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink service. Officially launched in 2020 when the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Amazon a license to deploy and operate Project Kuiper satellites, the service is building towards a constellation of 3,200 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) sa

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