Top 50 Tech-Friendly Airlines

				WiFi
Availability[?]Is there WiFi onboard?
Speed[?]WiFi speed in mbps
Cost[?]WiFi price per hour ($USD)
Power
In-Seat[?]AC power (typically 110-volt) for charging laptops
USB Port[?]For charging phones, cameras or other small electronic items
Connectedness
Text Messaging[?]Send and receive SMS or instant messages during the flight
Live TV[?]Watch real time news, sport, or selected TV channels
Phone Calls[?]Make calls via an in-seat phone or your mobile

Rank
Score /100
1
Qatar Airways
92.3

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:8Mbps										
WiFi cost:$5 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:Y

2
Emirates
88.4

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1Mbps										
WiFi cost:$2.96 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:Y

3
Delta Air Lines
85.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:15Mbps										
WiFi cost:$1.17 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

4
British Airways
84.9

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:20Mbps										
WiFi cost:$6.62 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

5
jetBlue Airways
82.4

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:15Mbps										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:Y

6
Cathay Pacific
82.0

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:2Mbps										
WiFi cost:$9.95 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:Y

7
Alaska Airlines
80.1

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:9.8Mbps										
WiFi cost:$7 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

8
Turkish Airlines
79.6

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:10Mbps										
WiFi cost:$9.99 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:Y

9
Etihad Airways
78.6

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1.33Mbps										
WiFi cost:$13.95 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:Y

10
EVA Air
77.4

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1.33Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.8 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:N

Oman Air
77.4

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$6 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:N

12
Lufthansa
75.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$6.94 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:Y

13
Virgin Atlantic
72.1

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:15Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.89 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:Y

14
Singapore Airlines
72.0

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1.17Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.8 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

15
Air Canada
71.9

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:3Mbps										
WiFi cost:$4.89 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

16
Saudi Arabian Airlines
70.6

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$9.31 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:N

17
Finnair
68.9

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:4.27Mbps										
WiFi cost:$7.25 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

18
Aer Lingus
68.6

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.28 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

19
Hong Kong Airlines
65.1

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.64Mbps										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:Y

20
Malaysia Airlines
65.0

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.5Mbps										
WiFi cost:$10.17 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:N

21
China Southern
62.4

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:15Mbps										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

22
Virgin Australia
61.1

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:15Mbps										
WiFi cost:$0.63 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

23
Austrian
59.9

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:15Mbps										
WiFi cost:$3 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

24
Air New Zealand
59.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:2Mbps										
WiFi cost:$6 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

25
Southwest Airlines
59.3

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:10Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:Y

26
China Airlines
58.1

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.56 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

27
Iberia
57.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.79 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

28
WestJet
56.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1.33Mbps										
WiFi cost:$6.49 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:Y

29
ANA All Nippon Airways
55.1

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$9.43 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

30
Japan Airlines
54.6

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1.33Mbps										
WiFi cost:$7.48 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

31
Garuda Indonesia
50.0

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.5Mbps										
WiFi cost:$8.8 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Thai Airways
50.0

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.5Mbps										
WiFi cost:$25.97 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

33
Air Astana
44.4

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:2Mbps										
WiFi cost:$17.67 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

34
KLM
43.0

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$14.18 (USD)

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

35
Aeroflot
42.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:1.33Mbps										
WiFi cost:$16.11 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

36
Qantas Airways
40.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:N

Asiana Airlines
40.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:Y
Phone calls:Y
Live TV:N

38
Swiss Int'l Air Lines
36.7

								WiFi available:Y
WiFi speed:0.56Mbps										
WiFi cost:$21.6 (USD)

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

39
Air France
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Norwegian
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Korean Air
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Vietnam Airlines
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

South African Airways
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Avianca
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Azul Brazilian
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

LATAM
25.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

47
Hainan Airlines
15.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

Ethiopian Airlines
15.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

SilkAir
15.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:Y
USB port:0

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

50
Jetstar Airways
10.0

								WiFi available:N
WiFi speed:n/a										
WiFi cost:n/a

								In-seat power:N
USB port:1

								Text messaging:N
Phone calls:N
Live TV:N

WiFi available:	Y
WiFi speed:	8Mbps
WiFi cost:	$5 (USD)

In-seat power:	Y
USB port:	1

Text messaging:	Y
Phone calls:	Y
Live TV:	Y

WiFi available:	Y
WiFi speed:	1Mbps
WiFi cost:	$2.96 (USD)