(TAN): Qatar Airways is offering 100 days of free on-board Super Wi-Fi connectivity to all passengers, in celebration of the airline equipping more than 100 of its state-of-the-art aircraft with high-speed broadband. The offer is live until January 2, 2021.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: “…our mission to connect people around the world does not start and end with just travel. We understand the importance, especially in recent months, of enabling people to be connected at all times, whether on-the-ground or 35,000ft in-the-air.”
Using the award-winning GX Aviation technology from global mobile satellite communications provider, Inmarsat, the aircrafts provide high speed broadband service to its passengers onboard. The service was launched in 2018. Recently the airlines had announced that the number of Qatar aircrafts fitted with the high-speed Super Wi-Fi service has reached 100.
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Passengers on flights usually receive up to one hour free access to the Super Wi-Fi service, with the ability to purchase full-flight access if more online time is needed. The airline continues to roll out its Super Wi-Fi service across its young fleet of modern, fuel-efficient aircraft, and now offers the largest number of aircraft equipped with high-speed broadband in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.