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watch your favourite shows, sport and listen to the latest tunes when
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customers on Wi-Fi enabled domestic flights will be able to connect with
Foxtel, Netflix and Spotify this year.
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">With speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional inflight Wi-Fi, Qantas will offer
customers video and audio streaming when the service is switched on its first
domestic aircraft late this month. The rest of the airline’s fleet of domestic
Boeing 737 and Airbus A330 aircraft will follow from mid-2017 onwards. *
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connection speeds – which enable streaming – are made possible through the nbn
Sky Muster™ satellite service and represents a significant upgrade over older
satellite technology accessed by most airlines around the world. The service
uses idle data capacity, with the signal reaching the aircraft as it flies
through the satellite’s 101 spot beams across Australia.
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Executive of Brand, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Olivia Wirth, said that
fast, free internet will open up a huge range of options for customers
inflight.
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email, online shopping and general web browsing will be popular uses when we
switch on Wi-Fi, but what a lot of people relish about flying is being able to
catch up on their favourite TV shows or watch movies they didn’t get to see at
the cinema.
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Netflix both have huge catalogues that are expanding all the time, so there
will be no shortage of entertainment on board, ” said Wirth.
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will log on to the Qantas inflight Wi-Fi via their own devices, and will be
greeted by a landing page with a range of options. As well as links to access
Netflix, Spotify and Foxtel, this page will feature real-time flight data,
hotel, restaurant and transport options at your destination, the latest weather
and personalised information linked to your itinerary and Frequent Flyer
account.
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Netflix and Spotify are all paid subscription services, they will offer free
access to Qantas customers on and off the aircraft for between three days and
one month after their Qantas flight. Specifically:
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offer three days free access to its Foxtel app every time a customer flies,
allowing customers to stream live sports, news and TV shows as well as its full
range of on-demand content. No sign-up to a subscription is required.
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offer new customers access to the entire Netflix service as part of a 30-day
free trial. Existing Netflix members only need to log in to continue watching
at no extra charge.
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offer a 30 day free trial of its Premium music service, which has no ads, shuffle
play and unlimited skips.
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