Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000

[midian182]

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'll probably be able to afford the extra costs.

Starlink updated its Business Aviation plans earlier this week, which it says better reflect how operators use connectivity across regional and global operations.

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.

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.

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.

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's support page. General Aviation plans, which target smaller aircraft and owner-pilots, are not affected by this change.

It'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.

While this is an example of SpaceX raising certain Starlink prices, it recently offered them to Memphis residents at half price. But given local anger over the Colossus datacenters in the area, this was unlikely to be an altruistic move.

Starlink recently passed 12 million active users across more than 160 countries and territories, and SpaceX has talked up its upcoming V3 satellites as a massive bandwidth upgrade.

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Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000

 

[yRaz]

How many people does this impact? If you have a private jet, this is pennies

 

[BobDolesGhost]

At present, I don't believe there is any competition performing at a similar level. Older legacy com sats have much less bandwidth and much higher latency. With that fact, SpaceX can raise prices to whatever they want, likely trying to target the "as much profit as possible without driving too many customers away" fine line. It feels like SX is saying "Bend over, take it, and pay me for it", and they are, but its business 101.

 

[Endymio]

SpaceX recently offered [Starlink] to Memphis residents at half price. But given local anger over the Colossus datacenters in the area, this was unlikely to be an altruistic move.

I'm curious how many new stories @midian182 writes for altruistic reasons, eschewing payment.

SpaceX is (now) a public corporation; if it made any move not for sound business motivations, it likely would face a shareholder lawsuit.

 

[wiyosaya]

I'm curious how many new stories @midian182 writes for altruistic reasons, eschewing payment.

SpaceX is (now) a public corporation; if it made any move not for sound business motivations, it likely would face a shareholder lawsuit.

SpaceX won't hold a monopoly on satellite internet service forever.

I think SpaceX's current share price is more indicative of their "sound business motivations" or shareholder stupidity or both. Take your pick.

 

[Endymio]

SpaceX won't hold a monopoly on satellite internet service forever.

Oops! SpaceX has never had a monopoly; there are quite a few competitors. The problem is their service costs far more for far less bandwidth.

I think SpaceX's current share price is more indicative of their "sound business motivations" or shareholder stupidity or both. Take your pick.

For a period of two years before Covid, I lost six figures betting against Musk by shorting Tesla stock. Now Tesla is worth 20X what it is then. I'll take bets those SpaceX shareholders are smarter than you.

 

[toooooot]

I was scared for a moment, scared they lost their mind. Even greedy Comcast no longer has data caps for their internet. Oh well, this looks like a very good area to make more money

 

[toooooot]

I think Starlink should add customers more aggressively. There are still many places where people with money have slow internet or none at all. A lot of people never look for new plans for as long as theirs work.
Those are the customers that will stay with starlink if they join. 12 millions seems like a number too small for such service.

 

[Hotdog1n]

Also in the titile does it mean to say Coverage fees and not Overage fees?
Bc to me that does not sound right

 

[seeprime]

Elon is looking for the quickest second trillion dollars.

 

[yRaz]

SpaceX won't hold a monopoly on satellite internet service forever.

I think SpaceX's current share price is more indicative of their "sound business motivations" or shareholder stupidity or both. Take your pick.

Everyone thinks they're a genius investor in a bull market. He's no different than the Bitcoin gurus during the crypto boom. Where are all the Bitcoin gurus now? They used to be all over the forums but I haven't seen any in awhile. The smart ones probably cashed out while it was still profitable and turned into the AI business gurus that seem to be appearing all over the forums these days.

 

[Endymio]

Everyone thinks they're a genius investor in a bull market.

Oops! There have been not one or two, but four bear markets since Musk took over Tesla -- and both Tesla and SpaceX have advanced throughout. Your bitterness over missing out is understandable, but it's not helping you. Myself, I could be bitter over the tremendous losses I sustained shorting Tesla stock ... but I managed to learn from my error.

He's no different than the Bitcoin gurus during the crypto boom.

Yeah, it'll end just like the Internet fad, the personal computer fad, and that whole idiocy of adding electricity into people's homes. Do you know how dangerous that stuff is?

 

[yRaz]

Oops! There have been not one or two, but four bear markets since Musk took over Tesla -- and both Tesla and SpaceX have advanced throughout. Your bitterness over missing out is understandable, but it's not helping you. Myself, I could be bitter over the tremendous losses I sustained shorting Tesla stock ... but I managed to learn from my error.


Yeah, it'll end just like the Internet fad, the personal computer fad, and that whole idiocy of adding electricity into people's homes. Do you know how dangerous that stuff is?

Tesla has a criminal amount of stock manipulation, look at their P:E. It's not that these revolutions didn't happen, it's that the people who got rich from the were the ones who bought up the assets for pennies on the dollar after the boom and all the initial investors had to declare bankruptcy. You mention these things like they are some fact that makes you right, but you fail at the history behind the cycles

 

[Endymio]

Tesla has a criminal amount of stock manipulation, look at their P:E. It's not that these revolutions didn't happen, it's that the people who got rich from the were the ones who bought up the assets for pennies on the dollar after the boom and all the initial investors had to declare bankruptcy.

Where do you get this inexhaustible supply of absurdities? Tesla's stock is high because it's in demand, not because of "criminal manipulation". There was no one "buying up assets for pennies", because Tesla had no assets at the time, and the "initial investors" of Eberhard and Tarpenning never declared bankruptcy.

If you want to write a fantasy novel, contact a publishing house. This is a forum for facts.

 

[brucek]

Is aviation bandwidth significantly more expensive to provide than fixed or mobile terrestrial? I.e., were they losing money before or is this just charging more to people who they think can afford it?

The ratio of 25 GB : unlimited GB for $4,000 : $12,500 also initially struck me as odd, although I guess these planes are only in the air a certain number of hours a month and even with say a dozen passengers "unlimited" maybe rarely exceeds 100 GB in practice. Just guessing.

 

[yRaz]

Where do you get this inexhaustible supply of absurdities? Tesla's stock is high because it's in demand, not because of "criminal manipulation". There was no one "buying up assets for pennies", because Tesla had no assets at the time, and the "initial investors" of Eberhard and Tarpenning never declared bankruptcy.

If you want to write a fantasy novel, contact a publishing house. This is a forum for facts.

The bulls make money, the bears make money and the pigs get slaughtered. You sir are a pig. I gave you a metric by which to measure the strength of a company. A PE of 15 is considered ideal, anything above 30 is bad. Tesla's PE is 390. It is almost 30 times more over valued than what is considered acceptable. Every cycle people say "this time is different" and we have tons of cycles to look back on where it was in fact not different.

You should atleast have some understanding of markets and valuation if you want to invest. You're just a pig in a bull market

 

[Endymio]

You sir are a pig. I gave you a metric by which to measure the strength of a company. A PE of 15 is considered ideal, anything above 30 is bad.

Did you study hard for that middle-school lesson, Mr Buffet? That metric is valid only for firms in stable, non-growth markets; following it would have resulted in missing every single high-growth stock of the last 100 years.

Growth stocks, particularly tech stocks, are not graded by p/e ratios, but by current margins and forward revenue growth projections. At least attempt to learn your subject before debating it.

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

I think Starlink should add customers more aggressively. There are still many places where people with money have slow internet or none at all. A lot of people never look for new plans for as long as theirs work.
Those are the customers that will stay with starlink if they join. 12 millions seems like a number too small for such service.

SpaceX is waiting on Starship and Starlink 3rd gen before they do that. That will bring costs down with a dramatic increase in bandwidth and more frequent launches. Currently they have to refurbish Falcon 9 rockets and build a new upper stage for each launch. The plan is for Starship to land the upper stage and have a turnaround time similar to commercial planes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2062662195192697233

 

[yRaz]

Did you study hard for that middle-school lesson, Mr Buffet? That metric is valid only for firms in stable, non-growth markets; following it would have resulted in missing every single high-growth stock of the last 100 years.

Growth stocks, particularly tech stocks, are not graded by p/e ratios, but by current margins and forward revenue growth projections. At least attempt to learn your subject before debating it.

Too bad those forward revenue growth models are from companies giving companies stock or just doing seller financing and writing that off as revenue when no money really changed hands at all. They're cooking their books and they aren't even trying to hide it anymore. Insults and name calling arent arguments, BTW.

If tech is so growth forward, why did that not apply to the Xbox game pass article you commented in? You don't even believe your own bulletin so why sould anyone?

 

[Endymio]

Too bad those forward revenue growth models are from companies giving companies stock or just doing seller financing and writing that off as revenue when no money really changed hands at all. They're cooking their books and they aren't even trying to hide it anymore.

Why not step out of your fantasy world and return to reality? You're accusing every growth stock in history of "cooking the books"? Amazon had effectively an infinite p/e ratio for a couple decades of losses, then 100+ ratios for years after that -- now it's one of the most profitable stocks for investors in history.

Insults and name calling arent arguments, BTW.

You say that after literally just calling me a pig? LOL, your hypocrisy knows no bounds.

 

[Megalomaniac]

I'll buy from whoever the competitor is before I give Musk a dime.

I don't care if it's the most hardcore Communist in the Redist part of the most Communist nation.

 

[JaredTheDragon]

Oops! There have been not one or two, but four bear markets since Musk took over Tesla -- and both Tesla and SpaceX have advanced throughout. Your bitterness over missing out is understandable, but it's not helping you. Myself, I could be bitter over the tremendous losses I sustained shorting Tesla stock ... but I managed to learn from my error.

You did in fact not learn from your error. Not one person alive takes financial advice from you, including yourself.