Qantas starts international wifi

[moa999]

Flew Syd-Scl yesterday on Qf....whilst 13 hours of no connectivity to outside world was not an issue for me,

Will be interesting to see how much coverage this route (and SYD-JNB) actually has with ViaSat given how south the routes can be.

And by the end of the year I think all 787s, 332s and 333s will have the hump.. the 380 is the possible outlier.

787 VH-ZNE now in HKG presumably getting fitted, so 2/13 currently active 787s have Internet (ZNJ ZNK)

 

[simmomelb]

Certainly wasn't the case Oct last year. Equipment swaps. Old planes old fitout. No starlink

Qatar Airways has installed Starlink on over 100 of its wide-body aircraft. They started with their Boeing 777s and A350s, and both of these fleets are now fully equipped with Starlink connectivity. They’re currently rolling it out on their Boeing 787s as well.
Guessing you ended up on a 787?
And probably why I haven't had a widebody without it, as I haven't been on one of their 787's (although I will in a couple of weeks, so that'll be interesting).

 

[Warragul]

Certainly wasn't the case Oct last year. Equipment swaps. Old planes old fitout. No starlink

Same experience in September on 2 A350s and 2 787s.

 

[simmomelb]

Same experience in September on 2 A350s and 2 787s.

Yeah 787's are definitely in the early stages of the rollout, so no surprise there. Not sure why you wouldn't haven't it on an A350 other than a system restart required or faulty Starlink equipment.

 

[moa999]

VH-QPG scheduled to departed AUH shortly
Should make 5 333s with internet QPF G H I J

 

[Warragul]

Yeah 787's are definitely in the early stages of the rollout, so no surprise there. Not sure why you wouldn't haven't it on an A350 other than a system restart required or faulty Starlink equipment.

Or airline PR gilding the lily. I'm shocked such a thing could occur.

A close family member did have it on their flights, but only free if you're a QR frequent flyer, or sign up in flight.