Finnair invests in Wi-Fi connectivity across its fleet
Oct 18, 2018, 9:04 am
#181
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY, SK, TK
Posts: 7,591
Interesting addition to this:
There was a screaming child couple of rows ahead who started soon screaming ”mobile phone / kännykkäääää”, obviously asking for streaming videos either after cutoff time or not having wifi at all. And the parents could not stop that. After, he started screaming for iPad
”pädiiiiiiii”. Oh I am a kid-lover so it did not bother me bit I just smiled. However, this can turn other pax into quite an annoying experience as soon as this wifi concept spreads and people get half-used to it and then kids start screaming 
There was a screaming child couple of rows ahead who started soon screaming ”mobile phone / kännykkäääää”, obviously asking for streaming videos either after cutoff time or not having wifi at all. And the parents could not stop that. After, he started screaming for iPad
”pädiiiiiiii”. Oh I am a kid-lover so it did not bother me bit I just smiled. However, this can turn other pax into quite an annoying experience as soon as this wifi concept spreads and people get half-used to it and then kids start screaming 
Oct 18, 2018, 9:41 am
#182
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 461
WiFi in the is becoming more common now, but when it was first being rolled out, for the most part it wasn't actually kids who were the most annoying.
"HEEEY Guess what! You'll never guess where I am!"
"Look! LOOK! Isn't this just so cool?"
"Yeah we're going on vacation, this is going to be so awesome"
"Blah blah blah blah blah blah"
Repeat throughout the whole flight.
"HEEEY Guess what! You'll never guess where I am!"
"Look! LOOK! Isn't this just so cool?"
"Yeah we're going on vacation, this is going to be so awesome"
"Blah blah blah blah blah blah"
Repeat throughout the whole flight.
Oct 19, 2018, 12:09 am
#183
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,685
WiFi in the is becoming more common now, but when it was first being rolled out, for the most part it wasn't actually kids who were the most annoying.
"HEEEY Guess what! You'll never guess where I am!"
"Look! LOOK! Isn't this just so cool?"
"Yeah we're going on vacation, this is going to be so awesome"
"Blah blah blah blah blah blah"
Repeat throughout the whole flight.
"HEEEY Guess what! You'll never guess where I am!"
"Look! LOOK! Isn't this just so cool?"
"Yeah we're going on vacation, this is going to be so awesome"
"Blah blah blah blah blah blah"
Repeat throughout the whole flight.
Oct 19, 2018, 10:15 pm
#185
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 461
The 30 minutes seems like a hard limit now. It costs 4500 points to get streaming for the flight, pretty steep. But I had do it now for science to confirm it works, and also to stream music to drown out the noise of two toddlers that were for some reason in J.
Jun 20, 2019, 3:33 pm
#188
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,055
But I arrived with A330 from LHR and there was no blank area above North Sea.
Same thing when heading to DXB with A350, there is no blank areas until Iran and narrowbody coverage map is all red on DXB route.
Same thing when heading to DXB with A350, there is no blank areas until Iran and narrowbody coverage map is all red on DXB route.
Jun 21, 2019, 12:21 am
#190
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 937
Yes, the service provides are different on narrowbody vs widebody fleet. I was on a flight last summer when the guy next to me was from the company who provided the narrowbody wifi, can't remember the company's name now.
Edit: found my post from last summer added below:
Edit: found my post from last summer added below:
I was on -LZS this morning, the wifi was working really well and fast. There was a guy sitting next to me who asked for feedback on the wifi, turned out he's working for the company supplying the wifi for AY narrowbody fleet. It is Viasat as opposed to Panasonic who supplied it for the widebody fleet.
Jul 4, 2019, 3:29 am
#191
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,055
WiFi now available on all AY operated aircrafts:
https://www.finnair.com/fi/gb/inform...s/flights/news
Our whole narrow-body Airbus fleet is now equipped with internet connection. It means you can enjoy the best in market in-flight connectivity onboard our European flights.
The technology, Ka-band connection provided by ViaSat, allows connection speeds of 12 Mbit/s and even higher, which means that you are able to use for example streaming services during the flight.
You can choose from two options to use internet onboard our European flights flown with Airbus narrow-body aircraft: a browsing package for using e-mail and browsing internet or a streaming package with VPN also for using Spotify and watching TV/movies from different streaming services. The price varies depending on the package and connected flight time.
The technology, Ka-band connection provided by ViaSat, allows connection speeds of 12 Mbit/s and even higher, which means that you are able to use for example streaming services during the flight.
You can choose from two options to use internet onboard our European flights flown with Airbus narrow-body aircraft: a browsing package for using e-mail and browsing internet or a streaming package with VPN also for using Spotify and watching TV/movies from different streaming services. The price varies depending on the package and connected flight time.
Jul 5, 2019, 2:21 pm
#195
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 54
WiFi now available on all AY operated aircrafts:
https://www.finnair.com/fi/gb/inform...s/flights/news
https://www.finnair.com/fi/gb/inform...s/flights/news
