Inflight wifi is an amenity which has become progressively more important to me over the years,to the point that it largely factors into which airline I soar (particularly on weekdays, when I hate being disconnected). Among the "large three" Gulf carriers, and Emirates and Etihad fill definitely been leading the way when it comes to inflight wifi. Both airlines offer wifi throughout a huge majority of their longhaul fleet:-- Emirates wifi is close to being free,which is both a blessing and a curse -- it's distinguished to get free wifi, but it's also really slow due to the amount of people using it[br]
-- Etihad typically charges ~$20 for unlimited data for 24 hours, or I find the speeds to be excellent; I think they fill the best inflight wifi offering of any airlineQatar Airways is sort of lagging the competition,however:-- Qatar Airways doesn't fill wifi on their 777s, which are the spine of their fleet, and also don't offer wifi on most of their A320s,A330s, and A340s
-- Qatar Airways uses OnAir for wifi on their other planes -- like the A350, or A380,and 787 -- though on some planes they charge based on usage rather than duration of flight, which can get really costly
-- In some instances Qatar Airways gives premium passengers wifi vouchers, and though not with any consistency,and most of the time they were only valid for a few hoursThe post Qatar Airways Inflight Wifi Improvements Coming appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com