We’ve checked every major airline flying around the globe to see if they offer in-flight Wi-Fi. Here’s what we found.
Soon to be long gone are the days where you’ll need to keep your phones fully on airplane mode while flying. Dozens of airlines around the world are now offering in-flight internet access (with some also offering telephone service).
We looked at each of the 400 operating airlines listed by airline review and ratings website Skytrax, and found that 72, or 18% of them, are currently offering in-flight Wi-Fi. Another half-dozen or so have announced that internet access will be available soon.
No Australian airlines currently offer in-flight Wi-Fi, although Qantas announced that in late 2016 it will trial internet service on one Boeing 737 with a potential roll-out across its fleet by 2017.
Here’s the full list of airlines with Wi-Fi access and without:
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Airline
Do they have Wi-Fi?
On which planes?
Supplier (If available)
How much is it?
Adria Airways
No
Aegean Airlines
No
Aer Lingus
Yes
A330 aircrafts
€7.95 for 1 hour
€14.95 for the entire flight
Complimentary for business class
Aerocaribbean
See Cubana
Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Select A330, B777 aircraft and equipped Skyteam planes
US$5 for 3MB on a smartphone
US$10 for 10MB on a smartphone
US$10 for 10MB on a laptop
US$30 for 40MB on a laptop
Aerolineas Argentinas
No
Aeromar
No
Aeromexico
Yes
Select 737-800, 787-8 and 787-9 planes
GogoAir and Panasonic Avionics
No information available
Afriqiyah Airways
No
Aigle Azur
No
Air Algerie
No
Air Arabia
No
Air Astana
No
Air Austral
No
Air Bagan
No
Air Berlin
Yes
Select aircrafts
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
€4.90 for 30 minutes or 20 MB
€8.90 for 60 minutes or 50 MB
€13.90 for the entire flight and 90MB (available on medium-haul only)
€18.90 for the entire flight and 120MB (available on long-haul only)
Air Botswana
No
Air Busan
No
Air Cairo
No
Air Canada
Yes
A319, A320, A321, Embraer 175, Embraer 190, CRJ 705 aircrafts (Not available on Air Canada Rouge)
GogoAir
CA$5.99-$7.99 depending on the route
Air Canada rouge
No
Air Caraibes
Coming soon
Air China
Yes
A330-300 aircrafts
Free (laptop and tablet only, not available on smartphones)
Air Corsica
No
Air Costa
No
Air Dolomiti
No
Air Europa
Yes
Unknown
€7 for 15MB
€13 for 30MB
€20 for 50MB
Air France
Yes (Limited, but expanding soon)
Two A320 aircrafts
Orange
£8.65 for 1 hour
£15.75 for the entire flight
Air Greenland
No
Air India
Coming soon
Air India Express
No
Air KBZ
No
Air Koryo
No
Air Labrador
No
Air Macau
No
Air Madagascar
No
Air Malta
No
Air Mauritius
No
Air Moldova
No
Air Namibia
No
Air New Zealand
No
Air Niugini
No
Air North Yukon's Airline
No
Air Nostrum
No
Air Panama
No
Air Pegasus
No
Air Serbia
Yes
All Airbus aircrafts
Wi-Fly
€4.90 for 30 minutes or 20MB
€8.90 for 60 minutes or 50MB
€13.90 for the entire flight or 90MB
Air Seychelles
Yes
A330-200 aircrafts
HM Connect
US$5.95 for 20MB or 30 minutes
US$9.95 for 1 hour or 50MB
US$21.95 for the entire flight or 120MB
Air Tahiti Nui
No
Air Transat
No
Air Vanuatu
No
Air Zimbabwe
No
AirAsia
Yes
Four AirAsia planes
roKKi
RM8 (Chat plan with WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk and Viber apps access)
RM17 (Combo plan with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Twitter apps access)
AirAsia India
Yes
Four AirAsia planes
roKKi
RM8 (Chat plan with WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk and Viber apps access)
RM17 (Combo plan with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Twitter apps access)
AirAsia Philippines
Yes
Four AirAsia planes
roKKi
RM8 (Chat plan with WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk and Viber apps access)
RM17 (Combo plan with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Twitter apps access)
AirAsia X
Yes
Four AirAsia planes
roKKi
RM8 (Chat plan with WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk and Viber apps access)
RM17 (Combo plan with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Twitter apps access)
AirAsia Zest
Yes
Four AirAsia planes
roKKi
RM8 (Chat plan with WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk and Viber apps access)
RM17 (Combo plan with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Twitter apps access)
airBaltic
No
airblue
No
Aircalin
No
Airlink
No
Airnorth
No
Alaska Airlines
Yes
Gogo Air
US$1.95-US$39.95
Alitalia
Yes
€9.60 for 1 hour and 24MB
€21.00 for 3 hours and 60MB
Allegiant Air
No
Amaszonas
No
American Airlines
Yes
Most domestic planes, plus 777-300ER, 787, 777-200 aircrafts
Domestic flights: US$12 for two hours
Domestic flights: US$17 for four hours
Domestic flights: US$19 for the entire flight
International flights: US$16 (plus tax) for an all-day pass
International flights: US$49.45 for a monthly subscripton
American Eagle
Yes
Most domestic planes, plus 777-300ER, 787, 777-200 aircrafts
Domestic flights: US$12 for two hours
Domestic flights: US$17 for four hours
Domestic flights: US$19 for the entire flight
International flights: US$16 (plus tax) for an all-day pass
International flights: US$49.45 for a monthly subscripton
ANA All Nippon Airways
Yes
777-300ER, select 767-300ER, 787
US$4.95 for 30 minutes or 15 MB
$8.95 for 60 minutes or 30MB
$19.95 for the entire flight or 100MB
787 Only: $6.95 for 30 minutes
787 Only: $16.95 for three hours
787 Only: $21.95 for the entire flight
AnadoluJet
No
Ariana Afghan Airlines
No
Arik Air
No
Arkefly
See Tui Airlines
Arkia Israeli Airlines
No
Asiana Airlines
No
ASKY Airlines
No
Atlantic Airways
No
Atlasglobal
No
Aurigny Air
No
Austrian Airlines
No
Avianca
No
Avianca Brazil
No
Avianca Ecuador
No
Avior Airlines
No
Azerbaijan Airlines
Yes
A320 aircraft
OnAir
No information available
Azul Airlines
No
BA CityFlyer
No
Bahamasair
No
Bangkok Airways
No
Bassaka Air
No
Batik Air
No
Beijing Capital Airlines
Yes
A319 and A320 aircraft
No information available
Belavia
Yes
Three 737-800 aircraft and new planes purchased from 2015
Free
Berjaya Air
No
BH Air
No
Bhutan Airlines
No
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
No
Binter Canarias
No
Blu-express
No
Blue Air
No
Blue Islands
See Flybe
Blue Panorama Airlines
No
Blue1
No
bmi Regional
No
Boliviana de Aviacion
No
British Airways
Coming soon
Gogo
Brussels Airlines
No
Buddha Air
No
Bulgaria Air
No
Buraq Air
No
Cambodia Angkor Air
No
Canadian North
No
Canaryfly
No
Cape Air
No
Caribbean Airlines
No
Carpatair
No
Cathay Pacific Airways
No
Cayman Airways
No
Cebu Pacific
Yes
OnAir
US$5 for 25MB
US$10 for 50MB
Central Mountain Air
China Airlines
No
China Eastern Airlines
Yes
Free
China Southern Airlines
China United Airlines
No
Citilink
No
CityJet
No
Condor Airlines
No
Conviasa
No
Copa Airlines
No
Corendon Airlines
No
Corsair
No
Croatia Airlines
No
CSA Czech Airlines
No
Cubana Airlines
No
Danish Air Transport
No
Darwin Airline
No
Delta Air Lines
Yes
Gogo
Mobile pass from US$2
US$16 for a 24-hour pass
US$49 for a monthly pass
US$538 for an annual pass
Dniproavia
No
Dragonair
No
Druk Air
No
Eastar Jet
No
Eastern Airways
No
Easyfly
No
easyJet
No
Edelweiss Air
No
Egyptair
Yes
A330-300
OnAir
No information available
El Al Israel Airlines
No
Ellinair
No
Emirates
Yes
Some A380 aircrafts and 777
Free 10MB
US$1 for 600MB
Eritrean Airlines
No
Ethiopian Airlines
No
Etihad Airways
Yes
Select planes
Wi-Fly
$5 for 30 minutes
euroAtlantic Airways
No
Europe Airpost
No
Eurowings
Yes
A330-200
€3.90 Social Media package with 10 MB
€9.90 for the Surf & Fun package with 25 MB
€18.90 for the Office package with 50 MB
EVA Air
Yes
777-300ER
US$11.95 for 1 hour
US$16.95 for 3 hours
US$21.95 for 24 hours
Far Eastern Air Transport
No
fastjet
No
Felix Airways
No
Fiji Airways
No
Finnair
Yes
A350
Free for business class, Finnair Gold and Platinum members, oneworld Sapphire and Emerald members
€5 for 1 hour
€15 for the entire flight
Firefly
No
Fly540.com
No
Flybe
No
flydubai
Yes
US$2 for access to WhatsApp, iMessage and Viber only
US$4 for 30 minutes
US$10 for the entire flight
Flynas
No
FlySafair
No
Freebird Airlines
No
Frontier Airlines
Yes
US$4.95 for a laptop on flights less than 650 miles
US$9.95 on flights 651-1150 miles
US$12.95 for flights 1151 miles or longer.
Garuda Indonesia
Yes
777-300ER and A330-200/300
777-300ER Only: US$11.95 for one hour
777-300ER Only: US$16.95 for three hours
777-300ER Only: US$21.95 for 24 hours
A330-200/300 Only: Mobile - US$2.49 for 3MB
A330-200/300 Only: Mobile - US$9.95 for 10MB
A330-200/300 Only: Laptop - US$9.95 for 10MB
A330-200/300 Only: Laptop - US$21.95 for 25MB
Georgian Airways
No
Germania Airline
No
Germanwings
No
GoAir
No
Gol Transportes Aéreos
No
Gulf Air
No
Hainan Airlines
Yes
Hawaiian Airlines
Coming soon
Helvetic Airways
No
Henan Airlines
No
Hi Fly
No
HK Express
No
Hong Kong Airlines
Yes
A330-200
OnAir
Free
HOP!
No
Horizon Air
No
Iberia
Yes
A330-200, A340-600, A300-300
A330-200 Only: € 8.99 for 1 hour or 80MB
A330-200 Only: € 24.99 for four hours or 200MB
A330-200 Only: €29.99 for the full flight or 400MB
A340-600 and A300-300 Only: USD$4.95 for 4MB
A340-600 and A300-300 Only: US$9.95 for 10MB
A340-600 and A300-300 Only: US$19.95 for 25MB
A340-600 and A300-300 Only: US$34.95 for 45MB
Iberia Express
No
Icelandair
Yes
Row 44
€6 for the entire flight
Free for Saga Class passengers and Saga Gold members on up to two devices.
IndiGo
No
Insel Air
No
Interjet
No
Iran Air
No
Iran Aseman Airlines
No
Island Air
No
Israir Airlines
No
Japan Airlines
Yes
737-200ER, 737-300ER; 767, 787
US$10.15 for 1 hour
US$14.40 for 3 hours
$18.80 for the entire flight
Jazeera Airways
No
Jazz (Air Canada)
No
Jeju Air
No
Jet Airways
No
Jet2.com
No
Jetairfly
No
Jetblue Airways
Yes
A321, A320, E190
Free
Fly-Fi+ (For streaming and gaming) $9 for 1 hour
Jetstar Airways
No
Jetstar Asia
No
Jetstar Japan
No
Jetstar Pacific
No
Jin Air
No
Juneyao Airlines
No
Kam Air
No
Karthago Airlines
No
Kenya Airways
No
Kish Airlines
No
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Yes
777-300 and 787-9
€10.95 for 1 hour
€19.95 for the entire flight
Korean Air
No
Kulula
No
Kuwait Airways
No
La Compagnie
No
LAM Mozambique
No
LAN Airlines
See LATAM
LAN Colombia
See LATAM
LAN Peru
See LATAM
Lao Airlines
No
LATAM
No
LC Perú
No
LIAT
No
Libyan Airlines
Yes
A330
OnAir
Lion Air
No
Loch Lomond Seaplanes
No
Loganair
No
LOT Polish Airlines
No
Lucky Air
No
Lufthansa
Yes
FlyNet
€9 for 1 hour
€14 for four hours
€17 for the entire flight
Luxair
No
Mahan Air
No
Malawian Airlines
No
Malaysia Airlines
No
Maldivian
No
Malindo Air
Yes
737-900ER
Panasonic Avionics
US$6.95 for 30 minutes or 20MB
US$11.95 for 1 hour or 60MB
US$16.95 for 3 hours or 80MB
US$21.95 for 12 hours or 100MB
Malmo Aviation
No
Mandarin Airlines
No
Mango Airlines
Yes
737-800
G-Connect
R29 for 30MB
R29 for 60MB
Martinair
No
MAYAir
No
Meridiana
No
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
No
Middle East Airlines
No
Mihin Lanka
No
Mokulele Airlines
No
Monarch Airlines
No
Montenegro Airlines
No
Myanmar Airways
No
Nepal Airlines
No
NextJet
No
NIKI
Yes
Select aircrafts
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
€4.90 for 30 minutes or 20 MB
€8.90 for 60 minutes or 50 MB
€13.90 for the entire flight and 90MB (available on medium-haul only)
€18.90 for the entire flight and 120MB (available on long-haul only)
Nok Air
Yes
Two 737-800 planes
Free
Nordavia
No
Norwegian
Yes
Free
Nouvelair
No
Novair
No
Okay Airways
No
Olympic Air
No
Oman Air
Yes
A330s
OnAir
Mobile phone plans US$5-US$15
Laptop plans US$15-US$40
Omni Air International
No
Onur Air
No
Openskies
No
Orient Thai Airlines
No
Pakistan Intl Airlines
Coming soon
PAL Express
Yes
A330 and 777
OnAir
Free for 30 minutes or 15MB
$10 for 1 hour or 35MB
$40 for the entire flight
Mabuhay members with more than 1 million points get free for the full flight or up to 150MB
Passaredo
No
PAWA Dominicana
No
Peach Aviation
No
Pegasus Airlines
No
Peruvian Airlines
No
Petroleum Air Services
No
Philippine Airlines
Yes
A330 and 777
OnAir
Free for 30 minutes or 15MB
$10 for 1 hour or 35MB
$40 for the full flight
Mabuhay members with more than 1 million points get free for the full flight or up to 150MB
Porter Airlines
No
Precision Air
No
Qantas Airways
Coming soon
QantasLink
No
Qatar Airways
Yes
A380, A350, 787, A319, A320, A321, A330-200
OnAir
Qazaq Air
No
Ravn Alaska
No
Regent Airways
No
Regional Express
No
Rossiya Airlines
No
Royal Air Maroc
No
Royal Brunei Airlines
No
Royal Jordanian Airlines
No
Rwandair
Coming October 2016
Ryanair
Coming soon
S7 Siberia Airlines
No
SA Express
No
Safarilink
No
Safi Airways
No
Santa Barbara Airlines
No
SAS Scandinavian
Yes
10 737-800 aircraft and expanding
€6 or 1000 EuroBonus points in Scandinavia and Europe
€15 (or 3000 EuroBonus points) in the rest of the world
SATA Air Azores
No
SATA International
No
SATENA
No
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Yes
A30s and some 777-300ER
No information available
SCAT Airlines
No
Scoot
Yes
All
US$5 for "Social-Lite" 20MB with no time limits
US$11.95 for 1 hour
US$16.95 for 3 hours
US$21.95 for 24 hours
Seaborne Airlines
No
Shaheen Air
No
Shandong Airlines
No
Shanghai Airlines
No
Shenzhen Airlines
No
Sichuan Airlines
No
SilkAir
No
Silver Airways
No
Singapore Airlines
Yes
A380, A350 and some 777-300ER
OnAir and Panasonic Avionics
Information available in-flight
Sky Airline
No
Sky Express Airlines
No
Skymark Airlines
Yes
A330
Panasonic Avionics
Free
Skytrans Airlines
No
SkyWest Airlines
No
Small Planet Airlines
No
SmartWings
No
Solomon Airlines
No
Somon Air
No
South African Airways
No
Southwest Airlines
Yes
$8 per device
SpiceJet
No
Spirit Airlines
No
Spring Airlines
No
SriLankan Airlines
Yes
A330-300
US$5 for 9MB
US$10 for 15MB
US$15 for 30MB
US$25 for 100MB
Sriwijaya Air
No
Star Peru
No
StarFlyer
No
Sudan Airways
No
Sun Country Airlines
No
Sun-Air
No
SunExpress
No
Sunwing Airlines
No
Surinam Airways
No
Swiss Intl Air Lines
Yes
777-300ER
9CHF for 20MB
19CHF for 50MB
CHF39 for 160MB
Free 50MB for first class passengers
SyrianAir
No
TAAG Angola Airlines
No
TACA Airlines
No
TACA Regional
No
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines
No
Tajik Air
No
TAM Airlines
See LATAM
TAME
No
Tame Línea Aérea Del Ecuador
No
TAP Portugal
Yes
A330
OnAir
€5 for 4 MB
€10 for 10MB
€30 for 40MB
TAR Aerolineas
No
TAROM Romanian
No
Thai AirAsia
Yes
Four AirAsia planes
roKKi
RM8 (Chat plan with WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk and Viber apps access)
RM17 (Combo plan with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Twitter apps access)
Thai Airways
Yes
A330-300 and A380-800
Smartphone: US$4.50 for 3MB
Smartphone: US$14.50 for 10MB
Laptop and tablet: US$14.50 for 10MB
Laptop and tablet: US$28.50 for 20MB
Thai Lion Air
No
Thai Smile Airways
No
Thomas Cook Airlines
No
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium
No
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
No
Thomson Airways
No
Tianjin Airlines
No
Tibet Airlines
No
Tigerair
No
Tigerair Australia
No
Tigerair Taiwan
No
Titan Airways
No
TransAsia Airways
No
Transavia
No
Tropic Air Belize
No
TUIfly
No
TUIfly Nordic
No
Tunisair
No
Turkish Airlines
Yes
Turk Telecom
US$9.99 for 1 hour; US$14.99 for 24 hours
Turkmenistan Airlines
No
Ukraine International
No
United Airlines
Yes
737, 757, CRJ-700, EMB 175, EMB 180
GogoAir
Varies depending on flight length and destination
Ural Airlines
No
US Airways
See American Airlines
Utair Aviation
Yes
Row44
Uzbekistan Airways
No
V Air
No
Vanilla Air
No
VietJet Air
No
Vietnam Airlines
Yes
A350 and 787
US$15-20
Virgin America
Yes
A320
ViaSat and Gogo Air
Virgin Atlantic
Yes
787
Aeromobile
£14.99 for 150MB
Virgin Australia
No
Vistara
No
VivaAerobús
No
VivaColombia
No
Volaris
No
Volotea
No
Vueling Airlines
Yes
A320
Telefonica
Wamos Air
No
Westjet Airlines
Yes
737
CA$4.99-5.74 for 30 minutes
CA$8.99-10.34 for 2 hours
CA$13.99-$16.09 for the entire flight
Wideroe
No
Wizz Air
No
WOW Air
No
Xiamen Airlines
Yes
787
Free
XL Airways France
No
Yakutia Airlines
No
Yangon Airways
No
Yemenia
No
Airlines with free Wi-Fi:
Air China
Belavia
China Eastern
Emirates (first 10MB)
Finnair (Business class, Finnair Gold and Platinum members, oneworld Sapphire and Emerald members)
Hong Kong Airlines
Icelandair (Saga class and Saga Gold members)
JetBlue
Nok Air
Norwegian
PAL Express (first 30 minutes)
Philippine Airlines (first 30 minutes)
Skymark Airlines
Swiss Air (50MB for first class passengers)
Xiamen Airlines