Emirates Offers Free Wi-Fi for All Passengers After $300 Million Investment

  • Date: 20-May-2023
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:UAE
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Emirates Offers Free Wi-Fi for All Passengers After $300 Million Investment

Dubai’s Emirates is now offering free Wi-Fi to all passengers on its flights. A recent enhancement to Emirates’ inflight connectivity means that all Emirates passengers in every class of travel can enjoy some form of free connectivity once they sign up for Emirates Skywards. The development has resulted in an additional 30,000 Economy Class passengers connecting to complimentary onboard Wi-Fi every week.

Emirates has been at the forefront of inflight Wi-Fi developments and has to date invested more than $300 million into onboard connectivity. All Emirates Skywards members in every class of travel can now enjoy some form of free connectivity. Skywards members, whether Blue, Silver, Gold, or Platinum tier, travelling in any class, whether Economy, Premium Economy, Business or First Class will enjoy free app messaging.

Additionally, First Class passengers will have unlimited free internet if they are Skywards members, enabling them to shop or work online while in flight, as well as Silver, Gold and Platinum Skywards members travelling in Business Class. Platinum Skywards members have complimentary internet access in all classes.

The increase in free connectivity has been well received by Emirates’ passengers following changes in January 2023 and the airline today sees an average of 450,000 users per month.