It's the battle of Wi-Fi in what are now the not-so-friendly skies. And United Airlines (UAL) CEO Scott Kirby is already at a high-altitude leadership position with the deployment of Elon Musk's Starlink from SpaceX (SPCX). "[Wi-Fi is] the No. 1 reason that people pick an airline flight. I think it's the biggest near-term competitive advantage that we've ever had in United's 100-year history. Eventually everyone's going to have a competitive product, but we have a huge lead," Kirby said at Yahoo Finance Invest. "And it really is something that's causing customers to try United because they want Starlink. By the way, all the JFK flights 100% are going to be on Starlink when we start JFK [soon].
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