If you are one of those who cannot live without being connected to the network, you are in luck. And it is that from now on you will be able to have high-speed WiFi even on Spanish airplanes. Yes! Yes! As you are reading it!
At the moment there will only be four Airbus of the Vueling company that will have, throughout this year, high-speed WiFi on board (20 Mbps), so users will have the possibility of accessing a very high-speed navigation service. similar to what can be obtained on land. Isn’t that amazing? We give you more details below!
Live TV and Eutelsat
Those in charge of carrying out this considerable improvement in the aircraft have been Live TV , a company chosen by Telefónica to install all the necessary equipment on board the aircraft, and Eutelsat , which is the provider of the satellite network and the mobile service that offers its service. through the KA-SAT satellite, one of the only ones capable of providing a connection speed of 20 Mbps in mid-flight.
A world of possibilities
With the implementation of high-speed WiFi on airplanes, a whole world of possibilities opens up for travelers, who will be able to check and reply to emails, update their status on social networks, be connected to news and events in real time … AND is that until now this type of data access was not possible in such short distances in Europe as, for example, a flight from Madrid to Barcelona.
Vueling will lay the foundations for on-board connectivity
With this agreement, Vueling will be the first European airline to offer high-speed WiFi, thereby laying the foundations for how the connectivity model will be on board.
Isn’t that a great idea ?