CXfanatic

Agreed! They kept that same charade on both my flights last month despite the aircraft being fitted with Wifi. When I got KQF, it had Wifi but they still used the same charade which actually kind of annoyed me, because they did not do this when I got KQE back in December. It also annoyed me that when I got KQS, they used the same charade despite Wifi being enabled on that aircraft. My other two 77G flights I understand though because no 77G has Wifi.

jetsetter1k

10 MAR CX 873 SFO-HKG B-KPS No WiFi

bowzer91

19 March B-KQW, CX239 HKG-LHR, Wifi (speed ^), new IFE

Fly Me To The Moon

Was in The Pier this morning and checking my flight on the screen, and noticed a WiFi "fan" icon next to some CX flights. Does this indicate which flights have WiFi and which do not? See photos.

aperrotta1969

Hi
Took this one JFK-YVR CX865 on April 5, no Wifi

QRC3288

Thanks for pictures, awesome find! I had a long drive this morning...and skipped my reports and did this instead. Summary is in 8/8 instances where the wifi symbol showed up, it was correct: a wifi plane served the route. And in 17/18 instances where a wifi symbol DIDN'T show up, it was correct: no wi-fi was available. There was a sole exception, which was CX526 to NRT. It got a wi-fi plane (B-KPI, 77A) but no wi-fi symbol was displayed. Based on recent FR24 flights, this flight is an absolute grab-bag. 35G, 35K, 77G/K, 33R, 33K. It seems you normally get long-haul (save the 73Z equipment swap on April 1) but the precise equipment type is unpredictable. Thus, I strongly suspect this was a last minute swap.

Here's the info. (codeshares ignored). Although no KA birds have Wifi yet, I've included KA because sometimes CX metal is used on KA routes including KA486 on that day. I also find it interesting that CX548 had guaranteed wifi, and is the only 777 of the bunch to say that. It makes me think CX proactively put a Wi-fi bird on that route, which I think is probably one of/the most lucrative regional flights.

April 7: Wifi symbol INDICATED on flight screen, vs wifi YES or NO on plane that served route
CX907, 35G, B-LRE: YES
CX594, 35K, B-LXD: YES
CX438, 35G, B-LRO: YES
CX705, 35K, B-LXH: YES
CX767, 35G, B-LRS: YES
CX564, 35K, B-LXB: YES
CX691, 35G, B-LRR: YES
CX759, 35G, B-LRN: YES
CX548, 77A, B-KPL: YES


April 7: Wifi symbol LACKING on flight screen, vs wifi YES or NO on plane that served route
KA626, A321, B-HTF: NO
KA242, A320, B-HSM: NO
KA782, 33C, B-LAB: NO
KA220, A320, B-HSU: NO
KA430, A320, B-HSO: NO
KA486, 33E, B-LBB: NO <-Note: B-LBB is CX metal.
CX526, 77A, B-KPI: YES
CX921, 33K, B-LAD: NO
KA633, A320, B-HSR: NO
KA731, 33R, B-HYQ: NO
KA852, A320, B-HSK: NO
KA876, 33C, B-HWM: NO
KA208, A320, B-HST: NO
KA326, A320, B-HSE: NO
KA660, 33H, B-LBH: NO
CX530, 772Z, B-HND: NO
KA432, 33R, B-HYJ: NO
KA212, A321, B-HTJ: NO

CommittedLurker

em_attack

No wifi on CX 865 Apr. 8 JFK-YVR B-KPW

prw555

Eonflux

Ugh, taking the same flight (CX865) from JFK-HKG at the end of May, was hoping they would have wifi on board, not holding my breath.

QRC3288

It doesn't really matter whether CX865 had wifi the other day, that doesn't mean anything for your May flight. Since there is really no set rotation for those 77A/H planes, for the most part. Aka a lack of it today doesn't mean lack of it a week from now or month from now etc.

Your odds are decent and improving by the week...CX has been churning out a lot of 77H->77A conversions lately (that's a 9 across to 10 across economy conversion, for the four class 777 variant). When those conversions are happening, they're often coming out with WiFi domes too.

At this stage 13/32 planes eligible to fly that route (4 class 777s) have WiFi , and those odds will be even better by the time you fly. Certainly nothing to bank on, but it's basically just probability. You can probably assume at least 1-2 more birds will be converted by then, and maybe one in the shop. I don't think it's unrealistic to assume almost 50/50 odds for wifi on that route in a month or so.

imnewhere

Hi guys,

I can't seem to find answer to this question... Is it possible to use a wifi subscription onboard on different devices not concurrently? I.e. be able to check email on my laptop, and then switch to my phone later for WhatsApp or other things, before switching back to the laptop again throughout the flight?

CommittedLurker

QRC3288

Are you sure about this for BOTH the 777 and A350 wifi?

For some reason in my head I think you can do this for one, but not the other. (They use two different service providers)? I could be confusing it with another carrier.

boybi

Did this for the A350, alternating between my iPhone and iPad. Never tried wifi on 777.