{"id":922175,"date":"2026-07-24T06:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/starlink-just-doubled-its-prices-for-private-jets-and-hardware-now-costs-200000\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:18:53","slug":"starlink-just-doubled-its-prices-for-private-jets-and-hardware-now-costs-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/starlink-just-doubled-its-prices-for-private-jets-and-hardware-now-costs-200000\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.<br \/>\n <br \/> TechSpot means tech analysis and advice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/ethics.html\" target=\"_blank\">you\u00a0can\u00a0trust<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"why-it-matters\"><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> Starlink has doubled the price of its plans and hiked hardware costs by almost 40%. The good news is that the changes only applies to private and business jet operators, so if they do affect you, you&#8217;ll probably be able to afford the extra costs. <\/p>\n<p>Starlink <a href=\"https:\/\/starlink.com\/support\/article\/faeb6f25-84d5-ab15-2395-023f252a67a8\">updated<\/a> its Business Aviation plans earlier this week, which it says better reflect how operators use connectivity across regional and global operations.<\/p>\n<p>The Aviation Regional 25GB plan has jumped from $2,000 per month to $4,000 per month. It includes 25GB of data, covers one continental region, and offers speeds of up to 250Mbps. Going over the allowance costs another $250 per GB, a figure that makes home broadband data caps look generous.<\/p>\n<p>At the top end, Aviation Global Unlimited has doubled from $10,000 per month to $20,000 per month. That plan includes unlimited data, worldwide coverage, and speeds of up to 1Gbps, though Starlink notes that its Aviation Performance Antenna is required to reach that figure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image.png\" target=\"_blank\" data-fancybox-on-demand=\"this-gallery\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image-p_500.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image-p_1100.webp 1100w, https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image-p.webp 1417w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 680px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"634\" width=\"1417\" alt src=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image-p_500.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image-p_1100.webp 1100w, https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/images2\/news\/bigimage\/2026\/07\/2026-07-08-image-p.webp 1417w\"  ><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sitting between the two is a new Aviation Regional Unlimited option at $12,500 per month, with unlimited data, one-region coverage, and speeds up to 500Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>The higher prices are already in effect for new customers. Existing Business Aviation users will be moved to the updated plans on or after August 7, 2026, according to Starlink&#8217;s support page. General Aviation plans, which target smaller aircraft and owner-pilots, are not affected by this change.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just the monthly prices that are going up. Starlink has also raised the cost of its aviation equipment for business jets to $200,000, up from the previous $145,000 figure. That 38% increase does not necessarily include installation, certification, or other aircraft-specific costs, meaning the final bill could climb even higher.<\/p>\n<p>While this is an example of SpaceX raising certain Starlink prices, it recently offered them to Memphis residents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/112958-spacex-offers-half-price-starlink-memphis-residents-amid.html\">at half price<\/a>. But given local anger over the Colossus datacenters in the area, this was unlikely to be an altruistic move.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink recently passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/112669-starlink-crosses-12-million-active-users-spacex-outlines.html\">12 million active users<\/a> across more than 160 countries and territories, and SpaceX has talked up its upcoming V3 satellites as a massive bandwidth upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Stephania Serna <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/113040-starlink-doubles-prices-jet-owners-hikes-hardware-costs.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you\u00a0can\u00a0trust. Why it matters: Starlink has doubled the price of its plans and hiked hardware costs by almost 40%. The good news is that the changes only applies to private and business jet operators, so if they do affect you, you&#8217;ll probably<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2113,22563],"tags":[6850,11141],"class_list":["post-922175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-doubled","category-starlink","tag-doubled","tag-starlink"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}