In-Flight Wifi Speed Test

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As the in-flight wifi is available from various airline carriers across the globe, the key of the in-flight wifi is the internet speed. Without a reasonable internet speed, it won’t be usable at all even for the web browsing. Every airlines promote that their wifi is good for reading emails, browsing the website, sending text messages. However, in reality, some of the actions could be achievable at all due to low internet speed.

I have tested the in-flight wifi speed so far on four carriers: ANA, Delta Air Lines, EVA Air, and Singapore Airlines. Here are my findings:

  1. ANA - All Nippon Airways

    • Service name: ANA WiFi Service

    • Type of tested wifi: 30 mins plan for $6.95

    • Speed

      • Download: 3.19 Mbps

      • Upload: 1.43 Mbps

      • Ping: 615 ms

      • Server location: Los Angeles, CA

      • Flight location: Over the pacific ocean

    • Tested date: Nov 5, 2019

    • Speed test app: Speedtest.net

  2. Delta Air Lines

    • Service name: DeltaWiFi

    • Type of tested wifi: Free wifi and texting for T-Mobile customers

    • Speed

      • Download: 0.08 Mbps

      • Upload: 0.61 Mbps

      • Ping: 344 ms

      • Server location: Los Angeles, CA

      • Flight location: Within the U.S.

    • Tested date: Oct 17, 2017

    • Speed test app: Speedtest.net

  3. EVA Air

    • Service name: EVA Wi-Fi

    • Type of tested wifi: 24 hour access pass for $21.95

    • Speed

      • Download: 0.13 Mbps

      • Upload: 1.0 Mbps

      • Ping: 837 ms - 1.1 s

      • Server location: Frankfurt, DE

      • Flight location: Over the pacific ocean

    • Tested date: Aug 31, 2018

    • Speed test app: Fast.com

  4. Singapore Airlines

    • Service name: KrisWorld

    • Type of tested wifi: Pro (50MB) for $19.99

    • Speed

      • Download: 0.24 Mbps

      • Upload: 11.60 Mbps

      • Ping: 2.6 s

      • Server location: Frankfurt, DE

      • Flight location: Over the pacific ocean

    • Tested date: Feb 24, 2019

    • Speed test app: OpenSpeedTest.com


References

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The screenshot of the wifi speed test result on Delta Air Lines

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The screenshot of the wifi speed test result on EVA Air

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The screenshot of the wifi speed test result on Singapore Airlines