Qantas starts international wifi

[bablong]

VH-EBL QF72 Singapore to Perth on Friday night worked for quite a bit out of Singapore then hit a dead spot until over the coast of WA.

 

[NZflygirl]

VH-EBL QF72 Singapore to Perth on Friday night worked for quite a bit out of Singapore then hit a dead spot until over the coast of WA.

How long did the dead spot last for? An hour?

 

[bablong]

How long did the dead spot last for? An hour?

When it went dead I didn’t check for a while as I was snoozing (having connected from QF2) so I wasn’t testing it. Just tried it again after I woke and it was working and we were over the coast.

 

[BrianQQ]

On QF19, VH-EBR is working.

11mbs down (outside of Australian airspace).

 

[moa999]

Report on airliners.net that A333 VH-QPH, which is presumably shortly to return to service, has received the satellite bump in BNE maintenance, making it the first in the 333 fleet.

 

[BrianQQ]

VH-EBV did not have Wi-Fi the whole way. Was undiscoverable.

 

[NZflygirl]

VH-EBV did not have Wi-Fi the whole way. Was undiscoverable.

Did you ask crew why?

 

[sudoer]

Did you ask crew why?

This is Qantas we're talking about ... that would certainly be met with this sort of response:

(I once flew Qantas SYD-HKG in First class and had a non-functioning headphone port. Asked for assistance and was met with an eye-roll and immediate "we'll write it up in the engineering log for someone to look at in Hong Kong"... great!)

 

[Lowjhg]

VH-EBC was working all the way till the coast near BME, after that, was a slight nudge connection via the QF entertainment app and connection was restored all the way to SIN.

 

[jb747]

Did you ask crew why?

They wouldn't know. QF doesn't tell them anything either.

 

[moa999]

Report on airliners.net that A333 VH-QPH, which is presumably shortly to return to service, has received the satellite bump in BNE maintenance, making it the first in the 333 fleet.

Looks like QPH finally back into service a couple of days ago. Replaced by QPI in the hanger.

 

[L2.]

VH-EBV did not have Wi-Fi the whole way. Was undiscoverable.

I was on VH-EBV last night and it was still out of action, unless it was a coincidence.

I assume that in a heavily stretched fleet, a broken Wi-Fi system would be a low priority fault to fix.

 

[Larko1]

Looks like QPH finally back into service a couple of days ago. Replaced by QPI in the hanger.

No wi-fi QF61(VH-QPH) Sat. 7 or QF62(VH-QPG) Sun 8 June

 

[RealtimeY]

Currently on VH-QPH accessing the Wi-Fi MEL-SYD. No Wi-Fi shown on the QF app nor the terminal departures board.

 

[stevenaus]

Currently on VH-QPH accessing the Wi-Fi MEL-SYD. No Wi-Fi shown on the QF app nor the terminal departures board.

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I was also on that flight and the WiFi was great. Wasn't expecting it so a nice surprise after the delay

 

[Brettmcg]

Was on VH-XZD as QF157 MEL-AKL last night, but not expecting the WiFi to be available for anything more than just Qantas Entertainment. Was very pleased to find that, save for some brief interruptions, internet was available for most of the flight.

My last TT was only a few weeks ago ex-WLG and it was not available on the in- nor outbound sectors.

 

[henrus]

Was on VH-XZD as QF157 MEL-AKL last night, but not expecting the WiFi to be available for anything more than just Qantas Entertainment. Was very pleased to find that, save for some brief interruptions, internet was available for most of the flight.

My last TT was only a few weeks ago ex-WLG and it was not available on the in- nor outbound sectors.

I wonder if this is all 737s or just some that have been refitted (if thats what it even needed)?

 

[milehighclub]

I wonder if this is all 737s or just some that have been refitted (if thats what it even needed)?

They are all ready to go

 

[NZflygirl]

I wonder if this is all 737s or just some that have been refitted (if thats what it even needed)?

I think it's the same 737 antenna's. It's connecting it with those satellites on the "partner roaming" satellites above. Asia was first and now TT. So great to hear it's on for the 737s!

Also flying on A380s and 787s next But I know wifi isn't going to be a thing for them for a long time.

 

[sudoer]

Also flying on A380s and 787s next But I know wifi isn't going to be a thing for them for a long time.

At the pace Qantas has moved on wifi, it will be a miracle if the A380s ever see in-flight internet.