Mar 4, 2014, 11:03 am
Last edit by: Prospero
International satellite-based Wi-Fi is available on the Boeing 777-200ER, 777-300ER and 787 Dreamliners
International WiFi is Panasonic Ku band satellite based (and is blocked in Chinese air space). Note, the latest batch of 787-8s have Viasat high speed satellite wifi
Link to WiFi page on AA.com.
International Wi-Fi is currently only available for purchase once onboard the aircraft at the following prices:
. . . . . . . . 2 Hour Pass $12
. . . . . . .. .4 Hour Pass $17
. . . . . . . . Duration of Flight Pass $19
Which aircraft are equipped with international Panasonic WiFi?
Boeing 737 MAX 8 (all, "out of the box; 737-800s will be covered as they are retrofitted to 172 seat capacity)
Boeing 777-300ER (all, "out of the box")
Boeing 777-200ER (added during refurbishment, all flying have it)
Boeing 787-8 (first batch only)
Boeing 787-9 all, ("out of the box")
Adding
134 Airbus A320 family (319, -20 and -21) according to member tdedj1
International WiFi is Panasonic Ku band satellite based (and is blocked in Chinese air space). Note, the latest batch of 787-8s have Viasat high speed satellite wifi
Link to WiFi page on AA.com.
Originally Posted by arollins
From AA.com upper right corner there is a search box, enter WIFI, scroll through the info, and you get the following.
For international and select domestic flights, contact the service provider
Panasonic
Call 1-866-924-3715 (toll-free)
Email [email protected]
For Panasonic equipped aircraft:
The Wi-Fi access page will display service provided by Panasonic
Your credit card statement charges will appear as PAC WIFI
For international and select domestic flights, contact the service provider
Panasonic
Call 1-866-924-3715 (toll-free)
Email [email protected]
For Panasonic equipped aircraft:
The Wi-Fi access page will display service provided by Panasonic
Your credit card statement charges will appear as PAC WIFI
. . . . . . . . 2 Hour Pass $12
. . . . . . .. .4 Hour Pass $17
. . . . . . . . Duration of Flight Pass $19
Which aircraft are equipped with international Panasonic WiFi?
Boeing 737 MAX 8 (all, "out of the box; 737-800s will be covered as they are retrofitted to 172 seat capacity)
Boeing 777-300ER (all, "out of the box")
Boeing 777-200ER (added during refurbishment, all flying have it)
Boeing 787-8 (first batch only)
Boeing 787-9 all, ("out of the box")
Adding
134 Airbus A320 family (319, -20 and -21) according to member tdedj1
International (Panasonic satellite) WiFi: availability, experiences
May 1, 2013, 11:12 am
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Not sure how the new international system works, but with the GoGo domestic wifi you just turn on your iPad (or other device) and go to your normal icon to locate a wifi signal. You click on the service and it takes you to a regular Safari window that fills with the home page. From there you can log in by paying with cc or an existing account. Very simple.
May 1, 2013, 11:16 am
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May 1, 2013, 5:30 pm
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On AA100 now, wifi is free. According to the folks in the JFK AC who are doing the 77w promotion, it will be free on the 77w for the rest of the month.
The 77w promo is a fully stocked walk up bar along with touch screen demos of the plane.
The 77w promo is a fully stocked walk up bar along with touch screen demos of the plane.
May 4, 2013, 12:52 pm
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Free for Business/First?
I was wondering if the fee will be applicable to all classes of just economy. It doesn't make sense to me to be demanding $19 from a First class passenger or Business.
I'm flying Business on AA50 on 10 May so I will see what happens.
I'm flying Business on AA50 on 10 May so I will see what happens.
May 4, 2013, 2:09 pm
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May 6, 2013, 12:11 am
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I hope nobody uses it for voice communications.
Streaming video is probably not a good idea due to the bandwidth.
My issues with voice isn't the bandwidth but having to put up with annoying conversations. A point of reference is how loudly a lot of people talk into their phones when airplane noise is not a factor.
Streaming video is probably not a good idea due to the bandwidth.
My issues with voice isn't the bandwidth but having to put up with annoying conversations. A point of reference is how loudly a lot of people talk into their phones when airplane noise is not a factor.
May 9, 2013, 7:57 pm
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AA.com confirms free until May 21
Last edited by tylerdurden4543; May 9, 2013 at 8:50 pm
May 10, 2013, 12:22 am
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On AA50 on Wednesday, the welcome screen showed the pricing structure, and after choosing one of the options it said the service was free.
Much faster than Gogo, and didn't drop at all through the flight. One thing I noticed, my miles for the flight posted when we were still flying over the Atlantic
Much faster than Gogo, and didn't drop at all through the flight. One thing I noticed, my miles for the flight posted when we were still flying over the Atlantic
Aug 12, 2013, 4:55 pm
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On AA50 on Wednesday, the welcome screen showed the pricing structure, and after choosing one of the options it said the service was free.
Much faster than Gogo, and didn't drop at all through the flight. One thing I noticed, my miles for the flight posted when we were still flying over the Atlantic
Much faster than Gogo, and didn't drop at all through the flight. One thing I noticed, my miles for the flight posted when we were still flying over the Atlantic
Sep 10, 2013, 12:10 pm
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Anyone had decent function out of the 77W international WiFi?
On a flight now. It is dismal. I can post here and hit some other web sites but that is about it. I've tried tree different email servers and some messaging and nothing. Can't get a useful connection. I actually bought the thing to try to get some work done, especially catching up on email and some other things at work. I guess not.
Sep 10, 2013, 12:19 pm
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Wirelessly posted (Apple iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 6_1_4 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10B350 Safari/8536.25)
Yes, it worked for me (but I tried it only for AA.com since I'm too cheap to pay for it). It was slower than domestic Gogo but faster than 3G. YMMV.
Yes, it worked for me (but I tried it only for AA.com since I'm too cheap to pay for it). It was slower than domestic Gogo but faster than 3G. YMMV.