Which short haul British Airways planes have WiFi?
This is the second of two parts to describe which British Airways planes have wifi. The first part focussed on long haul aircraft, and this will be all short haul.
One or two days before your flight you should enter your flight number into Flightradar24 and see which aircraft is likely to be scheduled for your flight. Of course there may be substitutions but you can assess your chances based on this.
According to the BA's wifi on-board page it claims to be aiming for about 90% coverage by the end of 2019 across its entire fleet. When we add up the numbers in the post below though it does not come close to 90%, so either the systems have already been installed but not yet enabled, or they will miss their targets.
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Airbus A319
Three out of 42 have wifi. They are:
- G-EUOA
- G-EUPR,
- G-EUPZ
The following 30 A319s are not planned to receive WiFi
- G-EUOB to G
- G-EUPA to K, G-EUPW
- G-DBCA-H, G-DBCJ, G-DBCK
There is no official confirmation on when or whether the remaining nine A319s are scheduled to get wifi.
Airbus A320
There are 34 out of 67 A320 aircraft that have wifi:
- G-EUUB, G-EUUE, G-EUUF, G-EUUG, G-EUUI, G-EUUJ, G-EUUM, G-EUUN, G-EUUO, G-EUUP, G-EUUR, G-EUUU, G-EUUX,
- G-EUYD, G-EUYE, G-EUYG, G-EUYH, G-EUYI, G-EUYL, G-EUYM, G-EUYN, G-EUYO, G-EUYT, G-EUYU, G-EUYV, G-EUYW, G-EUYX,
- G-GATK, G-GATM, G-GATN, G-GATP, G-GATS,
- G-MIDO,
- G-TTOE
There is no official confirmation yet whether the remaining 33 will have wifi.
Airbus A320neo
Currently 4 out of 10 A320neo aircraft have wifi. They are:
- G-TTNC,
- G-TTNE,
- G-TTNG,
- G-TTNJ
There is no official confirmation on whether the remaining 6 will have wifi.
Airbus A321
There are 6 out of 18 A321 which have wifi. They are:
- G-EUXE,
- G-EUXF,
- G-EUXG,
- G-EUXL
- G-MEDL,
- G-MEDM
There is no official confirmation yet whether the remaining 12 will have wifi in the future.
Airbus A321neo
None of the A321neo aircrafts have wifi, and there is no reported timeframe on when they will get it.
Cost of WiFi
The cost of WiFi on short haul flights is dependant on the route and the speed required.
Messaging
£1.99 or £2.99 depending on flight distance. This is more or less sufficient for instant messaging services such as Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp or iMessage.
Browse & Stream
“Browse and Stream” packages are either offered as one hour (£4.99) or for the whole flight. The cost for the whole flight very much depends on the route though, ranging from £4.99 for the shortest to £9.99 for the longest – e.g. Eastern Europe.
For reference I paid £7.99 between London Heathrow and Helsinki. The WiFi was rather unstable and the connection kept dropping in-and-out, thus rendering it more or less useless. I filed a complaint and received a full refund a week later.