A few months in the past, Cathay Pacific began providing free Wi-Fi to enterprise class passengers. The airline has now prolonged this providing to its prime tier frequent flyers.
Cathay Pacific provides free enterprise class Wi-Fi
As of September 2024, Cathay Pacific launched free Wi-Fi in enterprise class on all plane geared up with this service. Now as of November 2024, Cathay Pacific has additionally rolled this out to Diamond members of its frequent flyer program (although sadly not oneworld Emerald equivalents with different applications).
The airline has Wi-Fi service on all Airbus A350s and Airbus A321neos, with most (however not all) Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s additionally having connectivity.
For what it’s price, earlier this yr, Cathay Pacific first introduced plans to make Wi-Fi free to extra passengers. Then in June, the airline began trialing complimentary Wi-Fi on one Airbus A350, to see how the free service impacted utilization patterns and speeds.
Cathay Pacific has been providing free Wi-Fi in firstclass for years, however that cabin is barely out there on a small proportion of plane. So it’s good to see this now prolonged to enterprise class and to pick frequent flyers.
For many who don’t have entry to free Wi-Fi, Cathay Pacific ordinarily expenses $10-20 per flight for Wi-Fi with no information caps, with messaging passes being out there at a decrease value.
Inflight Wi-Fi positive is getting aggressive
Inflight Wi-Fi has come a good distance lately, each when it comes to bandwidth and when it comes to value and worth. At first, it was thrilling when an airline had Wi-Fi within the first place. Then we noticed speeds begin to enhance, and now we’re seeing airways investing in making Wi-Fi complimentary, a minimum of in some kind.
Whereas many airways nonetheless cost for Wi-Fi, some airways have began providing free inflight messaging to all passengers, and free limitless Wi-Fi to premium cabin passengers. For instance, in Asia, Singapore Airways now gives limitless free Wi-Fi to all KrisFlyer members. In the meantime All Nippon Airways and Japan Airways provide limitless free Wi-Fi to all first and enterprise class passengers.
Cathay Pacific’s challenge is that the airline doesn’t precisely have high-speed Wi-Fi all through a lot of its fleet, so bandwidth is a serious limitation. The extra the airline gives free Wi-Fi, the extra individuals will use it, and the slower the speeds shall be.
Hopefully Cathay Pacific can ultimately work towards providing free Wi-Fi in decrease cabins as effectively. Nevertheless, the airline most likely must replace its Wi-Fi service earlier than one thing like this may very well be prolonged to financial system.
Backside line
Cathay Pacific has launched free Wi-Fi in enterprise class and for Diamond members, so this service ought to now be out there on all plane geared up with web service. It’s all the time good to see airways more and more making Wi-Fi free, so kudos to Cathay Pacific!
What do you make of Cathay Pacific including free Wi-Fi in enterprise class and for Diamond members?
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