Airline ups WiFi for travellers satisfaction

Now travellers on Qantas can enjoy their favourite shows, sport and listen to the latest tunes with their super fast WiFi options.

Now travellers on Qantas can enjoy their favourite shows, sport and listen to the latest tunes with their super fast WiFi options.

Published Feb 16, 2017

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watch your favourite shows, sport and listen to the latest tunes when

mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Qantas

customers on Wi-Fi enabled domestic flights will be able to connect with

Foxtel, Netflix and Spotify this year.

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">With speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional inflight Wi-Fi, Qantas will offer

customers video and audio streaming when the service is switched on its first

domestic aircraft late this month. The rest of the airline’s fleet of domestic

Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 aircraft will follow from mid-2017 onwards. *

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The faster

connection speeds – which enable streaming – are made possible through the nbn

Sky Muster™ satellite service and represents a significant upgrade over older

satellite technology accessed by most airlines around the world. The service

uses idle data capacity, with the signal reaching the aircraft as it flies

through the satellite’s 101 spot beams across Australia.

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Qantas Group

Executive of Brand, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Olivia Wirth, said that

fast, free internet will open up a huge range of options for customers

inflight.

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">“We know that

email, online shopping and general web browsing will be popular uses when we

switch on Wi-Fi, but what a lot of people relish about flying is being able to

catch up on their favourite TV shows or watch movies they didn’t get to see at

the cinema.

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">“Foxtel and

Netflix both have huge catalogues that are expanding all the time, so there

will be no shortage of entertainment on board, ” said Wirth. 

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will log on to the Qantas inflight Wi-Fi via their own devices, and will be

greeted by a landing page with a range of options. As well as links to access

Netflix, Spotify and Foxtel, this page will feature real-time flight data,

hotel, restaurant and transport options at your destination, the latest weather

and personalised information linked to your itinerary and Frequent Flyer

account. 

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">While Foxtel,

Netflix and Spotify are all paid subscription services, they will offer free

access to Qantas customers on and off the aircraft for between three days and

one month after their Qantas flight. Specifically:

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offer three days free access to its Foxtel app every time a customer flies,

allowing customers to stream live sports, news and TV shows as well as its full

range of on-demand content. No sign-up to a subscription is required. 

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offer new customers access to the entire Netflix service as part of a 30-day

free trial. Existing Netflix members only need to log in to continue watching

at no extra charge.

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offer a 30 day free trial of its Premium music service, which has no ads, shuffle

play and unlimited skips.

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