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Old Jan 30, 2016, 11:11 pm
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Which airlines offer free wifi?
Was wondering if we could compile a list of which airlines offer free wireless Internet?

Norwegian-all pax on narrowbodies (or also on 787s now?)
Southwest-free for A+ members (?)
Finnair-free for business class on new A350 (only?)
Turkish-free for business class on 777-300 (only?)
Lufthansa-free for premium cabin occasionally (I have been given wifi cards on occasion, but not sure if this is the norm)

Any others?
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 12:49 am
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Which airlines offer free wifi?
EK - Free for all passengers up to 5MB IIRC then Fee based.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 2:14 am
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TG A380 First 10MB free.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 6:46 am
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EK - Free for all passengers up to 5MB IIRC then Fee based.
On A380s and selected 777 free for 10mb. $1 (to emirates foundation charity) for upto 500mb but you'd never get that much. Not on other (older) planes.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 9:35 am
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Originally Posted by Flaneurs
EK - Free for all passengers up to 5MB IIRC then Fee based.
Loading up this thread is 1.5 MB. That's not going to last long.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 1:44 pm
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Loading up this thread is 1.5 MB. That's not going to last long.
It's 10MB, the data is compressed by their satellite system and for $1 you get 500MB which is more like 800MB on mobile data (due to the satellite compression).
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 9:01 pm
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Originally Posted by skywardhunter
It's 10MB, the data is compressed by their satellite system and for $1 you get 500MB which is more like 800MB on mobile data (due to the satellite compression).
Plus turning on the data saver feature of chrome and using the mobile version of the website will be even less
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 10:25 pm
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Would you choose any airline based on whether Wi-Fi was free? For me, there are way too many other important factors for this to have a high priority.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 11:04 pm
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Would you choose any airline based on whether Wi-Fi was free? For me, there are way too many other important factors for this to have a high priority.
No, free WiFi is generally bad because everyone uses it, paid WiFi is much better as long as not extortionate pricing.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 11:08 pm
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JetBlue has free WiFi on all their A320's/A321's and are currently adding it to the E190's to be done by the end of this year.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 11:56 pm
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Originally Posted by kinchai
TG A380 First 10MB free.
It looks like this now carries a fee...has it changed?

http://www.emirates.com/us/english/f...unication.aspx
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Old Feb 1, 2016, 12:03 am
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Lufthansa-free for premium cabin occasionally (I have been given wifi cards on occasion, but not sure if this is the norm)
No, it is not the norm unfortunately.
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Old Feb 3, 2016, 12:28 am
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JetBlue has free WiFi on all their A320's/A321's and are currently adding it to the E190's to be done by the end of this year.
Correct!! They do have a free wifi. Other airlines that they don't have a free wifi. Only JetBlue.
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15 min free on ANA 77W.
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Old Feb 3, 2016, 6:01 am
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15 min free on ANA 77W.
All cabins or just business and first? Just temporary or permanent?
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