Feb 29, 20, 2:21 am
Last edit by: BadoRas
It has been widely discussed on this thread that the Wi-Fi service on some A380 airframes is dismal. One of our Ambassadors - thijsseh - has suggested recording air frame registrations and if the Wi-Fi is good or bad. For ease of reference, grateful if you could add your experience in the wiki in the following format.
Airframe / Registration / Experience - ( Example: A380 / A6-EVG / Good)
A380 / A6-EVG / Good
A380 / A6-EUR / Good
A380 / A6-EVC / Good
A380 / A6-EUH / Good
A380 / A6-EDR / Bad
A380 / A6-EDY / Bad
A380 / A6-EOG / Bad
A380 / A6-EOY / Bad
A380 / A6-EUY / Good
A380 / A6-EUW / Good
Airframe / Registration / Experience - ( Example: A380 / A6-EVG / Good)
A380 / A6-EVG / Good
A380 / A6-EUR / Good
A380 / A6-EVC / Good
A380 / A6-EUH / Good
A380 / A6-EDR / Bad
A380 / A6-EDY / Bad
A380 / A6-EOG / Bad
A380 / A6-EOY / Bad
A380 / A6-EUY / Good
A380 / A6-EUW / Good
Is there a more pathetic inflight Wifi than EK??
Feb 29, 20, 8:41 pm
#106
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https://planefinder.net/data/aircraft/A6-EOY
Was on EK12 on 22nd February (LGW to DXB)
It was operated by A6EOY and the wifi was the worst I've seen on an A380 ever.
Edited : updated the Wiki
Was on EK12 on 22nd February (LGW to DXB)
It was operated by A6EOY and the wifi was the worst I've seen on an A380 ever.
Edited : updated the Wiki
Feb 29, 20, 8:43 pm
#107
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Feb 29, 20, 9:19 pm
#108
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Mar 1, 20, 3:36 am
#109
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In the early days it was stated on here that a) clearing cookies or b) spoofing MAC address was all that was required to get another session. Pretty lackadaisical approach by EK if it's still so easy.
Mar 1, 20, 3:55 am
#110
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Mar 7, 20, 8:56 pm
#112
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Sep 13, 23, 5:09 pm
#114
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Wi-Fi has come a long way from previous discussions. Was able to face time from the bar of EK4 to the bar of EK20. A few years back it was painful to send a WhatsApp on an a380..
Sep 14, 23, 4:43 am
#115
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That's good to hear (maybe not so much FaceTiming from the bar, but the actual connectivity). The newer (RR engine) A380 already had similar WiFi performance to the 77W's, but my experience has also been that this is being (or now had been) extended to the older frames.
Last edited by thijsseh; Sep 15, 23 at 4:51 am Reason: typo
Sep 15, 23, 3:38 am
#116
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I think it's a combination of access changes ($$$) and backend compression and routing etc., rather than a change in the hardware except from the move to one provider, as only the A350 is going to have to the more modern inmarsat Ka-band system which will bring EK's wifi up to more modern satellite offerings on other carriers.
