Etihad Flights Will Soon Have Super Speed Wifi
- Wi-Fly, a superfast internet service with none of the buffering that slows down current inflight communication, is likely to be available on Eithad aircrafts from late 2018
- Etihad has partnered with satellite operator Yahsat and telecom company du with the aim of revolutionising onboard links
- Satellite signals will be pulled in by two antenna enclosed within a dome fixed near the plane’s tail wing and a router inside the aircraft will transmit the wi-fi
- When launched in 2018-19, the high speed connections will initially be available in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and will grow with Yahsat’s expanding coverage
- Etihad Airways is the national airlines of UAE, and the second largest carrier in the country
- Etihad Airways operates from UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi, with over 1000 flights a week carrying passengers to and from more than 120 destinations around the world
- The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, commercially rebranded as du in February 2007, is one of the two telecom operators in UAE
- Al Yah Satellite Communications (AlYahsat) is a satellite communications company wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Company
- Current internet price plans aboard Etihad Airways flights start from USD 4.95
