Wi-Fi on some international flights is about to get much better
Today, two major international carriers announced plans to dramatically improve Wi-Fi connectivity on their flights.
First, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airlines and its subsidiary, Cathay Dragon, announced the selection of Gogo’s satellite-based 2Ku inflight connectivity for its Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 aircraft. The service is expected to go live mid-2018.
Meanwhile, Emirates Airline said it would be partnering with Thales to install satellite broadband Wi-Fi with speeds of up to 50Mbps on its Boeing 777X fleet, according to ZDNet. That would be an order of magnitude faster than Wi-Fi that is available in most flights today.
Domestic carriers in the US have made their own in-roads. JetBlue announced in January that it had completed…