On July, 8th 2007 Boeing unveiled its most technologically advanced air liner to date.
The hosts of advancement that Boeing put in place aboard their latest plane would likely make the 787 Dreamliner the “benchmark” for commercial air travel for the decades to come.

The 787 Dreamliner is a highly thought out airliner with the design that focuses on enhancement in the areas of fuel economy, lower maintaining costs through the use of composite materials and the best part of all, improved in-flight passenger’s experience.

One thing that we will be missing from the 787 Dreamliner’s fantastic in-flight experience, however, is the ability for the passengers to wirelessly access the Internet from their laptops during flight. Unlike in the Airbus new A380, the 787’s passengers won’t be able to surf the web at 36,000 feet where it is too high to even to access the Internet from your smart phone. The team at Boeing has stated earlier in the 787’s development cycle that the decision to remove the WiFi features from the 787 is due to the weight requirement and international wireless frequency issues.

You will be happy to however, to know that Airbus on the other hand will offer In-Flight WiFi Internet Access aboard their recently launched A380. Airbus has also announced that the same WiFi technology being used on the A380 will also find its way to other Airbus’s models in future productions. It is good to see that at least one of the 2 major players in the commercial airliner business will provide a platform for allowing in-flight WiFi access. Which will it be for you then WiFi or No WiFi at 38,000 feets?

You can also read the article about the A380 In-Flight Wifi Access Here or read more about Boeing decision to offer no WiFi access aboard their 787 on Gizmodo

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2 Responses

  1. What is the 787 Dreamliner?

    July 14th, 2007 at 2:03 am

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    For those looking for wifi on airplanes, I’d recommend that you try the Scrapbook extension for Firefox. It lets you save webpages. I use it all the time for things like plane rides.

  2. banney

    July 30th, 2007 at 12:42 pm

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    They aren’t concerned about weight issues and international frequecies, they just don’t want to show how ashamed they are, that they can’t even keep ConneXion running, Boeing sucks, and this is the reason why they cannot have WiFi aoard, because they can’t even keep one small interface running. And the don’t want people to know the truth about them being failures!!1


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