Any time frame on when WiFi will appear on Qantas 787s long haul?

[moa999]

Launch of ViaSat3 F2 is next up for ULA and will be given a date any day now.

Atlas V ViaSat-3 F2

www.ulalaunch.com

 

[milehighclub]

ZNJ is due home this week from HKG and will be the first 787 with Wifi. Wifi is also now available across the pacific (on A330 to HNL and BNE/LAX and anything 787 if you get ZNJ).

 

[moa999]

Launch of ViaSat3 F2 is next up for ULA and will be given a date any day now.

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.

 

[moa999]

And VH-ZNJ back into SYD this morning.

 

[serfty]

On QF22 now ...

787 Wifi exists

 

[ozstamps]

As noted had planned to book Sydney-Santiago Chile paid Biz recently for mid 2026 as fares were pretty decent and was about to press GO and checked to see if the Qantas 787s would have Wi-Fi by then and was advised here 'not very likely at all'

It is 2026 for goodness sakes, not 2016.

12 or 13 hours with no planned Wi-Fi was a deal breaker, as I use it most of each flight, and we booked to Europe on SQ.

QF clearly backed the wrong technology.

 

[elanshin]

As noted had planned to book Sydney-Santiago Chile paid Biz recently for mid 2026 as fares were pretty decent and was about to press GO and checked to see if the Qantas 787s would have Wi-Fi by then and was advised here 'not very likely at all'

It is 2026 for goodness sakes, not 2016.

12 or 13 hours with no planned Wi-Fi was a deal breaker, as I use it most of each flight, and we booked to Europe on SQ.

QF clearly backed the wrong technology.

Slightly off topic, but if wifi is this important, why SQ and not QR? (or EK soon). SQ is also very outdated for 2025/2026. I was struggling to send messages a couple of weeks ago on my way back to Aus. It sometimes works ok, sometimes it struggles mightily and likely because it's free for all users on the plane now.

Starlink is legitimately a game-changer and probably biggest disrupter in the aviation sector in the last decade.

 

[ozstamps]

I fly SQ Business class a few times a year and their Wi-Fi has always worked perfectly - for me at least. Often use it for full flights.

For me personally, most things at SQ work perfectly. They are Gold Standard IMHO.

 

[elanshin]

I fly SQ Business class a few times a year and their Wi-Fi has always worked perfectly - for me at least. Often use it for full flights.

For me personally, most things at SQ work perfectly. They are Gold Standard IMHO.

Try QR some time. I think it'll blow your mind away. Gate to gate this was what I had. (EK soon too, they're refitting 14 planes a month with starlink).

 

[ozstamps]

I've never bothered to fixatate on some speed metric.

If I can surf the web, and send emails, and type on Bulletin Boards, I am more than happy. For about 10 years most real airlines have offered this option. No idea what speed it was offered at, but at least it worked.

Perhaps if I was competing in some Computer Gaming Championships in flight etc, speed might matter.

One cannot do ANY of that on many Qantas long hauls even in 2026 - totally bizarre.

 

[AuSammy]

Slightly off topic, but if wifi is this important, why SQ and not QR? (or EK soon). SQ is also very outdated for 2025/2026. I was struggling to send messages a couple of weeks ago on my way back to Aus. It sometimes works ok, sometimes it struggles mightily and likely because it's free for all users on the plane now.

Starlink is legitimately a game-changer and probably biggest disrupter in the aviation sector in the last decade.

Except 4 flights on QR earlier this year to Europe and back - Zero working Wifi on three flights.

 

[ozstamps]

Wow. THAT is not any recommendation.

At ~$10,000 a ticket in Biz I'd be furious.

 

[elanshin]

Except 4 flights on QR earlier this year to Europe and back - Zero working Wifi on three flights.

It would depend on when you took them. They're refitting more and more planes with starlink every month. I believe they achieved all their 777's last month and are doing they're going through their a350s fairly rapidly too. A380 i believe had some technical issues, but now that starlink has EK on board, the a380 problems should be conquered pretty quickly too.

 

[AuSammy]

It would depend on when you took them. They're refitting more and more planes with starlink every month. I believe they achieved all their 777's last month and are doing they're going through their a350s fairly rapidly too. A380 i believe had some technical issues, but now that starlink has EK on board, the a380 problems should be conquered pretty quickly too.

Sep/Oct

 

[RooFlyer]

Wow. THAT is not any recommendation.

At ~$10,000 a ticket in Biz I'd be furious.

I don't pay half that to get to Europe in J on QR, via award ticket to SIN or BKK.

 

[SYD]

I don't pay half that to get to Europe in J on QR, via award ticket to SIN or BKK.

Cheaper via CGK (even after eVOA and dirt cheap hotels) but it’s still CGK….