Brussels Airlines flies its first Starlink Wi-Fi flight, free with a Travel ID

TL;DR: Brussels Airlines flew its first flight with Starlink-powered Wi-Fi on November 9, 2026: flight SN2257 from Brussels to Copenhagen on Airbus A320neo OO-SBA. Access is free in every cabin for passengers with a Lufthansa Group Travel ID or Miles & More account. The airline plans 15 equipped aircraft by the first half of 2027.

What happened

In a press release dated November 9, 2026, Brussels Airlines said flight SN2257 to Copenhagen was its first flight with high-speed Wi-Fi on board. The aircraft, an Airbus A320neo registered OO-SBA, is the first in its fleet fitted with the new Lufthansa Group Wi-Fi, which runs on Starlink. The airline said it sent the release itself from about 12,000 meters up, over that same connection.

What passengers get

• Free Wi-Fi in all booking classes, for anyone with a Travel ID or Miles & More account.
• Enough bandwidth for video, cloud work and other heavy apps, which the airline says is often faster than a home or office connection.
• House rules: headphones are required for audio and video, and voice calls, video calls and live streaming from the plane are not allowed. Passengers must accept these terms to connect.

The bigger rollout

Brussels Airlines says it expects 15 aircraft to have the service by the first half of 2027, with the whole fleet to follow. It is part of a Lufthansa Group program with Starlink covering about 850 aircraft across the group's airlines, which the group calls the largest airline group in Europe to adopt it. The airline's Wi-Fi page says the rollout runs until the end of 2029.

For now only selected aircraft have it, so passengers can't check before a flight whether theirs is equipped. The airline says a flight search for that will come as more planes get the service.

What we don't know yet

Starlink's own account had not posted about the Brussels launch when we checked, so this story is reported from the airline. Brussels Airlines has not said which routes or aircraft come next.

Sources

• Brussels Airlines press release, November 9, 2026 (reported, from the airline).
• Brussels Airlines Lufthansa Group Wi-Fi page (reported, from the airline).
• Aviation24.be, November 9, 2026 (reported).
• InsideFlyer, November 9, 2026 (reported).