Malaysia Airlines Makes WiFi Free In All Classes

Since November 1, Malaysia Airlines has offered free inflight WiFi to all passengers, regardless of cabin

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class or loyalty tier. Malaysia Airlines will first offer the service on six Airbus A350-900s, five A330-200s, and nine A330-300s.

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Free WiFi will be expanded to the airline's narrowbody fleet. The oneworld member's narrowbody fleet includes mostly 42 Boeing 737-

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800s, with an average age of 10.9 years, according to ch-aviation. The carrier's 25 737 MAX 8s will join them soon.

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Free WiFi was previously only available to business class and Enrich Platinum members. All other customers had to utilize the airline's pay-per-use WiFi.

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Malaysia Airlines will give three- to eight-year-olds reusable Pilot Parker lunchbox sets on World Children's Day, November 1, in addition to free WiFi.

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Malaysia Airlines' free WiFi will help it compete with regional carriers who offer a similar service. However, few offer free WiFi without strings.

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Singapore Airlines began providing free WiFi to all passengers in July 2023. Premium economy and economy class passengers must join

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KrisFlyer to receive the free service. WiFi plans are available to non-members. Emirates launched a similar deal earlier this year, offering free WiFi to Skywards subscribers.

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