Christmas WiFi Special
Mar 31, 2019, 8:22 pm
#46
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Reported three days ago:
Reading the article and looking at the NZ Wifi info page, it appears that this is a permanent change, not a time-limited special.
Air New Zealand Introduces Free Inflight Wifi, No Strings Attached
Reading the article and looking at the NZ Wifi info page, it appears that this is a permanent change, not a time-limited special.
May 4, 2019, 5:41 pm
#50
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i just flew back from TPE on ZK-NZI and interestingly prior to takeoff there was a WiFi network showing associated with the plane identification - perhaps this is used for IFE updates or the like ?
May 7, 2019, 8:08 pm
#52
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It'd have to be on the ground a long time to update the content on the IFE over wifi - though maybe they do update select content such as daily radio shows, sports events, news programs, along with the software and firmware. I always thought the IFE was updated by slamming in new disks though (makes sense, that's why they seem to only change safety videos during scheduled service).
Jul 18, 2019, 7:16 pm
#54
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So do any of the A320 classics have wifi installed yet? And if not, are they planning to, or are they just waiting for them to be replaced by the A320/321neos?
I guess one side effect of NZ's free wifi policy is that apart from it being a marketing advantage, they don't really have any revenue incentive to be rolling out wifi quickly as they're not making money out of it...
I guess one side effect of NZ's free wifi policy is that apart from it being a marketing advantage, they don't really have any revenue incentive to be rolling out wifi quickly as they're not making money out of it...
Jul 18, 2019, 7:35 pm
#55
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So do any of the A320 classics have wifi installed yet? And if not, are they planning to, or are they just waiting for them to be replaced by the A320/321neos?
I guess one side effect of NZ's free wifi policy is that apart from it being a marketing advantage, they don't really have any revenue incentive to be rolling out wifi quickly as they're not making money out of it...
I guess one side effect of NZ's free wifi policy is that apart from it being a marketing advantage, they don't really have any revenue incentive to be rolling out wifi quickly as they're not making money out of it...
Jul 18, 2019, 7:55 pm
#58
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The first 789 has Wifi now, they are using the downtime on AKL to fit the wifi.
Jul 18, 2019, 10:57 pm
#60
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NZF had it fitted in AKL in April while it sat parked up with no engines. Future 789 installs will be done in AKL, and I did hear (but can't confirm) one of the other Dreamliners ones parked up may have it as well now.