British Airways plans inflight Wi-Fi

IAG, the owners of BA, said last week that it was evaluating WiFi retrofit for over 100 existing long-haul aircraft. A statement outlined plans for 90% of its long-haul fleet to have WiFi installed by 2019.  IAG also announced plans to extend Air-to-Ground coverage on short-haul aircraft to over 300 aircraft. IAG Chief Executive Willie Walsh said: "We think the technology platforms are well established now and can facilitate our requirement, which is for global coverage. So watch this space is what I would say.” WiFi has been trialled on board one of BA’s B747 long-haul aircraft since 2014 in a bid to identify usage levels to and from a selection of destinations.