Qantas starts international wifi

[Beano]

WLG-MEL yesterday afternoon dropped out for about 20 min as we approached the coast, then came back.

 

[Princess Fiona]

I was on QF52 a couple of weeks ago and we had Wi-Fi, announcement made at the start of the flight in SIN. VH-EBO
I went to sleep for most of it but it was working ok for the first couple of hours. Not anything like Starlink quality but could use Messenger and Facebook.

 

[Brettmcg]

Have it on decent authority that the first B789 will go in for WiFi fitting this month (either ZNG or ZNJ) and the whole B789 fleet will be kitted out by July 2026. Saw a map of all possible flight routes between AU-US and only the QF3/4 and QF21/22 should have extended periods of dropout - all the rest have pretty much continuous coverage.

The A380s are going to take considerably longer by all accounts.

 

[bablong]

Was on QF72 VH-EBL on Sunday 5 Oct. Wifi dropped out around Jakarta and only came back when we crossed the coast near Carnarvon.

 

[NZflygirl]

Have it on decent authority that the first B789 will go in for WiFi fitting this month (either ZNG or ZNJ) and the whole B789 fleet will be kitted out by July 2026. Saw a map of all possible flight routes between AU-US and only the QF3/4 and QF21/22 should have extended periods of dropout - all the rest have pretty much continuous coverage.

The A380s are going to take considerably longer by all accounts.

So does that mean that all the A330s will have completed their wifi installs in order for the 789s to proceed with installation or are the 789 wifi installs occurring concurrently? There are 14 789s so they're going to get about ~ 1.5 fitted per month. Are they being done at a different facility from the A330s? I have no idea where the installs are occurring but going to guess Sydney??

 

[elanshin]

So does that mean that all the A330s will have completed their wifi installs in order for the 789s to proceed with installation or are the 789 wifi installs occurring concurrently? There are 14 789s so they're going to get about ~ 1.5 fitted per month. Are they being done at a different facility from the A330s? I have no idea where the installs are occurring but going to guess Sydney??

No the 330s aren't done. I'd guess it's probably trying to just squeeze them in when there's "slack" in the schedule or if they need some maintenance as the 330s and 787s basically run completly different routes and use different maintenance bases as well.

 

[DejaBrew]

Have it on decent authority that the first B789 will go in for WiFi fitting this month (either ZNG or ZNJ) and the whole B789 fleet will be kitted out by July 2026. Saw a map of all possible flight routes between AU-US and only the QF3/4 and QF21/22 should have extended periods of dropout - all the rest have pretty much continuous coverage.

The A380s are going to take considerably longer by all accounts.

Sounds like my source was on the money then…

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[tomlee1986]

Coming to you from VH-QPH just over one hour into HKG-SYD and due west of Manila.

They haven't announced the plane is wifi enabled, so the experience is excellent!

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To be honest, I would prefer more reliable flights on the A330 fleet first, then the enabling of the wifi service

 

[elanshin]

To be honest, I would prefer more reliable flights on the A330 fleet first, then the enabling of the wifi service

They're completely different things and it's not like they're mutually exclusive as well. The wifi (besides the installation of the dome) is mostly out of QF's control as its mostly on viasat.

 

[moa999]

ViaSat3 F2 now confirmed as next launch for ULA with rocket being prepared, no date yet.

Atlas V ViaSat-3 F2

www.ulalaunch.com

 

[MelbFlyer]

Coming to you from VH-QPH

Do we have a list of the -300s that are confirmed to be Wi-Fi enabled and are working in practice?

So far, it seems to be only VH-QPH and VH-QPI.

 

[moa999]

far, it seems to be only VH-QPH and VH-QPI.

Think that's it, with QPJ now at 2 months in the BNE hangar for a major check.

Of the three remaining 332s without the hump, looks like we might have some movement on one ( others are EBP and EBQ)

EBM flew to AUH four days ago.
Query if this might also mark the start of the 332 refurb program, or if that will be BNE only.

As above BNE also dealing with QPJ and the entry of the dry lease AY aircraft.

 

[moa999]

ViaSat3 F2 now confirmed as next launch for ULA with rocket being prepared, no date yet.

Atlas V ViaSat-3 F2

www.ulalaunch.com

First launch window now scheduled.
Between 1.36pm and 2.20pm on Tue Nov 4 (AEST) - or just before the race that stops the nation.

In the 787 thread, poster has also said 787 VH-ZNJ will shortly return from HKG with inflight internet active (only been there 2wks so a fairly quick procedure)

 

[BrianQQ]

Anyone knows if QF still loses connection on the SYD-MNL flight outside of Australia until like an hour prior to Manila? Happened last time in May.

Also BNE-MNL as well as a data point?

Both on the 29th should be running on A332s so I just wanna make sure for friends that everything is running smoothly.

 

[milehighclub]

Anyone knows if QF still loses connection on the SYD-MNL flight outside of Australia until like an hour prior to Manila? Happened last time in May.

Yes, the connection restores once over the island of Luzon again (probably just prior)

 

[elanshin]

Anyone knows if QF still loses connection on the SYD-MNL flight outside of Australia until like an hour prior to Manila? Happened last time in May.

Also BNE-MNL as well as a data point?

Both on the 29th should be running on A332s so I just wanna make sure for friends that everything is running smoothly.

This was my experience last month. Given our HKG flight pretty much went past MNL, I'd imagine similar results. Also note that there is still small chance of running into a non wifi configured 332. I did twice in a row.

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Sep 9, 2025

Dropped out just as we got into Indonesia, now back as we near Manila.

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