In-flight Wi-Fi

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has rolled out complimentary unlimited in-flight Wi-Fi for all Business Class customers, as well as its PPS Club members and PPS Club supplementary card holders.

Philippine Airlines has started to offer free Wi-Fi to passengers on its international flights. Under the new initiative, PAL will provide 30 minutes or 15MB of complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi to passengers in all classes. If they want to connect for longer, passengers can choose to purchase a series of Wi-Fi packages. The free service was […]

Delta introduces biometric boarding pass Delta Air Lines passengers can now simply scan their fingerprints to board an aircraft at Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport. The new biometric boarding pass experience was first introduced in May to allow passengers to access the Delta Sky Club airport lounge. It has now been integrated into the boarding […]

Emirates has expanded its free in-flight Wi-Fi service, doubling the amount of complimentary connectivity it provides in economy class. Effective immediately, all economy class passengers and non-Emirates Skywards members will be provided with 20MB of free data for two hours – double the current 10MB currently offered. Additional data can then be purchased in 150MB […]

Japan Airlines (JAL) has decided to offer complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi to passengers on its domestic routes. The national carrier first introduced Wi-Fi as a paid service in July 2014, in partnership with service provider Gogo. But from now on, in-flight internet will be provided free-of-charge on domestic routes operated by JAL and its Okinawa-based subsidiary […]

In-flight Wi-Fi will become a “standard” product for airlines in the coming years, enabling passengers to stay connected and providing significant opportunities for airlines to earn additional revenues. This is the view of Otto Gergye, Inmarsat’s vice president for Asia Pacific, who spoke to Travel Daily on Wednesday following the CAPA LCCs in North Asia […]

Qantas has started trialling its new free in-flight Wi-Fi service, as it moves to improve its domestic passenger services. The carrier is working with ViaSat and nbn, the Australian broadband network service provider, to provide “fast, free, gate-to-gate in-flight Wi-Fi” on its fleet of single-aisle Boeing 737-800 aircraft. This will enable passengers to surf the […]

AirAsia has signed a deal that will increase the speed of its in-flight Wi-Fi and entertainment services. The group has penned a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) with Inmarsat for  the installation of its latest GX Aviation in-flight connectivity solution. This will equip AirAsia’s passenger jets with broadband internet, as well as enabling in-flight entertainment services […]

In-flight Wi-Fi will be faster than ever in future, after major provider Gogo revealed that its connectivity has reached a new top speed. The company has taken the performance of its 2Ku in-flight broadband service to speeds in excess of 100 mbps. This has been achieved through the use of a “next-generation” modem and new […]

Qantas passengers will be able to access extensive in-flight entertainment content later this year, as the carrier rolls out fast Wi-Fi on its domestic aircraft. Under the new domestic IFE programme, passengers will be able to watch movies and TV shows on Netflix, choose music from Spotify and access live sports, news and TV content […]

JAL will start offering free, unlimited in-flight Wi-Fi to passengers on its domestic routes. At present, the airline provides 15 minutes of free Wi-Fi per passenger, but this offer will be expanded on 1 February 2017 to become a completely free service. The initial promotional period will run until 31 August 2017. To use the […]