Boeing 787-9

So we start with Qatar Airways because Qatar is now the reference point for all of this.

They've become the first operator anywhere to put Starlink on a Boeing 787-9, and that was confirmed last Thursday.

More than half of their Dreamliners now have it, and the plan is to finish the entire 787 fleet by the end of this year.

Free of charge, gate to gate, so you're not being asked to switch off for takeoff and landing, and quoted at up to 500 megabits per second while you're sat at 35 feet.

Runway length is the first gate, and the numbers are bigger than most people realize.

A Boeing 787-9 at maximum takeoff weight, about 254,000 kilograms, needs roughly 3,000 meters, call it 10,000 feet, for takeoff at sea

level on a standard day.

And that's under ideal conditions.