American Airlines in Talks with Amazon for Leo In-Flight Wi-Fi

American Airlines Group Inc. has held discussions with Amazon.com Inc. about using the Amazon Leo satellite-based internet service for in-flight Wi-Fi, part of a campaign to lure premium customers and better compete with US rivals.

Even as carriers such as United Airlines Holdings Inc. have signed deals with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to use its Starlink network of low-Earth orbit satellites, American is keeping its options open, Chief Executive Officer Robert Isom said in an interview.

“While there’s Starlink, there are other low-Earth-orbit satellite opportunities that we can look at,” he said.

American has talked with Amazon, Isom added, but ...