Wifi on planes

[marsaday]

Haven’t been out of the country for a while. Somebody mentioned to me you can get WIFI on Aer Lingus trios. Is this true ?

 

[landlord]

For the transatlantic fleet, all the Airbus 330s bar 2 have Wi-Fi and I think all the 321 Neos have it (look for a camels hump on the top of your aircraft which houses the antenna). The service is free for business and I think €20 for economy. It’s approximately 50% reliable at best and the speed is very slow.

 

[ClubMan]

https://www.aerlingus.com/experience/onboard-features/wifi-in-the-sky/

 

[marsaday]

https://www.aerlingus.com/experience/onboard-features/wifi-in-the-sky/

Thanks Clubman and Landlord. Certain aircraft only. How do you find out what type of plane you are on. The Aer Lingus chat system just issues out generic drivel and don’t seem to recognise flight numbers on their chat system .

 

[landlord]

The 2 Airbus 330s without the wifi are mostly put on the Chicago and Orlando routes.

 

[Slim]

Had it on San Francisco flight last month. Useless in the main. Think I got on AAM though!

 

[Knuttell]

Travelled business to US recently and WiFi wasn't working at all.

 

[ClubMan]

Had it on San Francisco flight last month. Useless in the main. Think I got on AAM though!

That bad, eh?

 

[MelF]

Very unreliable! Only decent when you're above land, which isn't much good on transatlantic.

 

[landlord]

Very unreliable! Only decent when you're above land, which isn't much good on transatlantic.

This is not quite accurate as it’s satellite based…I use the service transatlantic approximately once a week and there isn’t much correlation with reliability and geographic position……Quite often at 30 West (mid Atlantic) it’s working perfectly. Other times, when over, Iceland, Greenland, Canada or the US there is no service. The service is temperamental and unpredictable at best.