Emirates sets new record with in-flight Wi-Fi connections

Dubai: Emirates has set a new record with over one million Wi-Fi connections made on board its flights in March alone.

Over 94 per cent of passengers connecting to Wi-Fi took advantage of the complimentary 20MB data offer, Emirates said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the route with the most Wi-Fi connections in March was EK215 from Dubai to Los Angeles with over 6,000 customers connecting in-flight.

The highest data usage from a single passenger was made by an Emirates Skywards member who stayed connected throughout the flight from Dubai to Johannesburg, consuming 4.9 GB of complimentary data.