'It will get much worse': Elon Musk says Delta made a grave error in shunning his Starlink internet for Amazon's solution

“Delta customers are now admitting that they’re booking flights with other airlines specifically for @Starlink,” @DogeDesigner post reads. “Many Delta customers are complaining on X and tagging the airline’s account, saying that Delta’s wifi is slow, unreliable, or sometimes doesn’t work at all.”

Musk responded quickly and concisely.

“I warned them,” he wrote. “It will get much worse.”

The comment comes several months after Delta announced a major partnership with Amazon Leo, Amazon’s satellite internet network which is a direct competitor to Starlink.

Why Delta is betting on Amazon Leo

Back in May, Ed Bastian, Delta’s chief executive officer, reportedly said the airline chose Amazon Leo because of its “improved bandwidth with a much lower price point than what [they’d] ever seen from Starlink.”

Starlink has become one of the biggest names in airline connectivity, with carriers including United, Southwest and Alaska adopting the technology. Amazon Leo, on the other hand, is essentially Amazon’s answer to Starlink — and, although it comes at a more accessible price point, its satellite network is still considerably smaller and is continuing to expand.

In fact, according to Speedcast, Amazon Leo only has 3,236 satellites, compared to Starlink’s more than 9,000 satellites.

Delta already offers free wifi to SkyMiles members on most of its aircraft, using technology from providers including T-Mobile, Viasat and Hughes. And the airline says its existing service has been rolled out to nearly 1,200 aircraft, reaching nearly its entire global network, with transpacific routes coming online in fall 2026.

Delta plans to begin installing Amazon Leo on 500 aircraft in 2028. The service is expected to provide high-speed, low-latency wifi and remain free for SkyMiles members.

“Delta’s future is global,” Bastian stated in the partnership’s press release. “This agreement gives us the fastest and most cost-effective technology available to better connect the world today, and it deepens our work with a global leader that shares our ambition to build what’s next — creating even stronger human connection for our people and our customers for years to come.”