What Next-Gen means
Starlink is the only next-gen system in the air today. 0 aircraft, 0% of the American fleet. Per-flight odds on a booking site are a different question from this airline-wide share.
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American
Count and percent share each Forecast-style card. Next-Gen and Streaming answer different questions.
Free onboard.
Data current as of 2026-07 · fleet checked 2026-10-13 · 989 aircraft
Next-Gen None flying
0 aircraft
0% of fleet
0 of 989 aircraft · from American's published figures · checked 2026-10-13.
Starlink is the only next-gen system in the air today. Amazon Leo is not flying yet. This fleet has no published next-gen aircraft in service.
Streaming Video works
890 aircraft
90% of fleet
890 of 989 aircraft · 0 with Starlink plus 890 with older satellite wifi that still streams · checked 2026-10-13.
Usable wifi, video included. Next-gen is inside this count. It is not a second, matching number.
What Streaming means
Aircraft where video works. 890 aircraft, 90%. That includes the 0 next-gen tails plus 890 with older satellite wifi that still streams. This card shows coverage, not a quality score.
The rest of the fleet
After next-gen and streaming, the leftover is older onboard wifi, no wifi, or no published system. Older satellite wifi that still streams is already in the Streaming card, not a vendor tile here.
Older onboard wifi Cabin systems that are not the streaming bucket. Panasonic as a gloss, not the lead.
99
No wifi Published as unequipped.
0
99 + 0 + 0 = 99 aircraft not in the Streaming card. 890 + 99 = 989.
Rollout
Signed count, not flying yet
51 installs begin 2027-Q1 FIRM
Reported Runway Girl Network, 2026-05-26: American pivots to Starlink for 500+ Airbus narrowbodies, published_at 2026-05-26.
Not on this page: The retired 0-100 score or its name. Vendor tiles as the opening grid. Streaming-capable older-satellite aircraft sit inside the Streaming card.