What Next-Gen means
Starlink is the only next-gen system in the air today. 5 aircraft, 2% of the British Airways fleet. Per-flight odds on a booking site are a different question from this airline-wide share.
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British Airways
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 · 261 aircraft
Next-Gen Starlink today
5 aircraft
2% of fleet
5 of 261 aircraft · from British Airways's published figures · checked 2026-10-13.
Starlink only today. Amazon Leo is not flying yet. This is your chance of boarding one of these aircraft.
Streaming Video works
5 aircraft
2% of fleet
5 of 261 aircraft · 5 with Starlink plus 0 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. 5 aircraft, 2%. That includes the 5 next-gen tails plus 0 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.
225
No wifi Published as unequipped.
31
225 + 31 + 0 = 256 aircraft not in the Streaming card. 5 + 256 = 261.
Rollout
No dated rollout split beyond the snapshot on this page.
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.