While spending time in transit, whether on a general aviation airplane or a commercial airliner, an increasing number of people are expecting to add to their potential productivity by having the availability of Wi-Fi. As a result, Routehappy, a company that provides information about airline services, has added new data regarding the availability and quality of infight Wi-Fi to its Scores and Happiness Factors for commercial flights.
The growth of Wi-Fi on airlines has been significant, and Routehappy tagged 2014 as “the year inflight Wi-Fi took off.” At least 52 airlines now have Wi-Fi available and customers can expect “some” chance of having Wi-Fi on 24 percent of flights worldwide and 66 percent within the United States, the company said. An example of the recent growth is the number of aircraft in the U.S. domestic fleet offering Wi-Fi — a number that grew by 179 percent, from 518 to 1,445, in the past 18 months.
