United Airlines has received clearance to offer Starlink Wi-Fi service on regional jets starting next month. The service will be free for members of the carrier’s frequent flyer program. Other aircraft models will have to wait a while longer as the companies are still in the process of getting FAA approval for those jets.

United Airlines said the FAA has approved its first Starlink-equipped aircraft type and that the first commercial flight is planned for May.

United Airlines received approval from the FAA for its first Starlink-equipped aircraft, expected to take its maiden commercial flight in May. The airline plans to upgrade around 40 regional jets monthly and aims to complete installations on all 300 planes by year's end.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said kite-flying is not allowed at Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia, as it poses a risk to planes landing at DCA.

Officials confirm that a kite reportedly struck a United Airlines flight from Houston to Washington D.C. while it was attempting to land on Saturday afternoon.

If the kite had actually made contact with the airplane, we would know it,” commercial pilot and instructor Captain Robert Katz said. “The kite would have been destroyed an