Which airlines do you have a free or low cost WLAN? The price comparison shows it

The Verivox price comparison portal had WLAN costs checked from the aircraft and shows which airlines offer the onboard WLAN and what it costs. Prices are quite affordable, cuts should speed users up, says press release

Airlines link Wi-Fi fares over service life, transmission speed or type of service. # 39; use. Many airlines offer their passengers different packages. The good news: if you do not use intensive data usage, like streaming, you only spend a few francs. In Singapore Airlines, for example, 1 fr. Per hour

At Swiss, 20 megabytes cost almost ten francs. The largest data package includes 220 MB and costs 59 francs. Swiss Airlines currently offers Internet on long-haul flights on Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A330-300 aircraft models. That's already 30% of all machines in the fleet. In the medium term, the company plans to extend its offer to medium and short-haul routes, according to the airline, but without specific delays.

Edelweiss Air operates an entertainment system on its flights that provides air passengers with access to entertainment services via Wi-Fi. Surfing the World Wide Web is not possible. According to the message, the customer does not need the Internet on board.

An astonishing statement: "Surfing the mobile Internet, moving and everywhere, is increasingly taken for granted, even on air travel and not Christoph Biveroni of Verivox. The Verivox price comparison service summarized the wireless rates of the major airlines in the following table:

Lufthansa's long-haul flights offer Internet access for the entire flight for 17 euros (19.80 francs), Eurowings customers can surf for free for ten minutes. Overall, the market remains very heterogeneous and confusing – a bit like that of the mobile Internet in the early days, "says Christoph Biveroni of Verivox. In the longer term, cloud rates should also fall above the clouds. However, costs remain low: the current prices of most airlines are exactly the same as a year ago.

The speed can also be improved: for example, the maximum speed of Lufthansa is 15 Mbit / s. With lower rates, it's just enough for 150 kbit / s, which is enough only for e-mail, whatsapp, etc.

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