Delta CEO Says Amazon’s Tech, Pricing Beats Out Musk’s Starlink

Delta planes on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta.

Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg

Delta Air Lines Inc.’s Ed Bastian rebuffed Elon Musk’s criticism about his airline picking Amazon.com Inc. for its in-flight Wi-Fi service, saying the retail giant’s product is cheaper than SpaceX’s Starlink and also includes a suite of streaming content.

“Amazon brings a lot more than just satellite technology,” Bastian told Bloomberg in an interview on Monday. “They bring great retailing capability and Amazon Prime and video gaming technologies, which Starlink does not have.”