How many airlines offer wi

Having a Wi-Fi connection on the plane seems a fundamental requirement for those long hours of travel, which without the Internet can become eternal. Currently all commercial airlines have 'Wi-Fi Onboard', some faster than others, but not all offer it for free.

Very few offer free internet on their flights

The SkyScanner site managed to count all the flight airlines that offer free Wi-Fi and which charge for this service.

Airlines with free Wi-Fi

There are 8 important companies that offer free Internet on their commercial flights, among them we can highlight Norwegian, SAS and Turkish Airlines, which are the ones that have flights mainly in the European territory.

• Air China.EmiratesHong Kong Airlines.JetBlueNok Air.NorwegianPhilippine Airlines.SAS (with your own 3G connectivity through AeroMobile service) Turkish Airlines.

Airlines that charge for Wi-Fi

Unfortunately, the airlines that offer this free service are an exception and most choose to charge for Wi-Fi. In the following list we see the rates charged (prices updated to February 8) for Wi-Fi on different airlines. The offers are very varied, many charge per hour of use, for the entire flight and even monthly subscriptions are offered.

• Aer Lingus: € 7.95 (1 hour), € 14.95 for the entire flight Aeroflot: $ 8 for 3MB, $ 22 for 9MB Air Berlin: € 4.90 (30 min, 20MB), € 8.90 (1h, 50MB), € 13.90 (90MB, half way), € 18.90 (120MB, long way) Air Canada: $ 16 per day; $ 59.95 per month Air Europe: € 7 (30MB), € 13 (60MB), € 20 (100MB). Air France / KLM: € 10.95 (1h), € 19.95 (full flight). Alaska Airlines: $ 14 all day; $ 49.95 monthly pass, Alitalia: € 9.60 (1h and 24MB), € 21 (3h and 60MB), American Airlines: € 11.26 (2h, international flights), 15.96 (4h, international flights), € 17.83 (all flights, international flights), € 15 (full day, USA), € 46.88 (monthly fee, USA).ANA: $ 6 for 5 megs. British Airways: € 12 (1 hour)), € 22 (unlimited). Cebu Pacific Air: $ 5 for 25MB, $ 10 for 50MB. Delta Airlines: $ 14 per day; $ 49.95 per month *. Emirates: $ 1 for 500 megabytes (beyond 10 free megabytes) Etihad: $ 13.95 for the hour, 24.95 for the day. Eva Air: $ 11.95 for 1 hour; $ 16.95 for 3 hours; $ 21.95 for 24 hours. Frontier Airlines: $ 14 all day; 49'95 $ monthly. Iberia: € 9 (1h, 80MB), € 25 (4h and 200MB), € 30 (the whole flight, 400MB).KLM: € 10.95 (1h), € 19.95 (whole flight).Lufthansa: € 9 (1h), € 14 (4h), € 17 (24h).SAS: € 6 in Scandinavia and the EU, € 15 for the rest of the world. Free for EuroBonus, Diamond, SAS Plus and SAS Business.Singapore Airlines members: $ 29.95 for 26MB, $ 11.95 for 10MB (depending on route). Southwest Airlines: $ 8 a day; $ 5 per movie.TAP Portugal: € 6 for 4MB or € 12 for 10MB.Thai Airways: $ 4.50 for 3MB or $ 14.50 for 10MB.Turkish Airlines: free for business travelers.US Airways: 14 $ for a day; $ 39.95 monthly. Virginia America: $ 5 an hour.