It’s been another busy couple weeks for the engineering teams responsible for in-flight Wi-Fi installations. Since our last update we’ve added 14 B757-200s to the roster of Wi-Fi-equipped aircraft. That brings our total to 219 aircraft and more than 800 daily flights.

737-800 certification package is still pending with STC issuance date still TBD. The STC for the 767-300 is expected the week of Aug. 24 and the 737-700 prototype is set for early September. Surveys of the 757-200 ETOPS birds are in progress and the rest of the mainline 757-200 fleet is targeted for completion by mid-August.

On the pre-merger NW side of the airline, the design phase for the A319 and A320 fleets has been completed with installation of the prototypes planned for mid October.

68% of the pre-merger Delta domestic fleet is now complete.

Fleet Deets:

MD88: 117 A/C

MD90: 16 A/C

B737-800: 1 A/C (awaiting STC)

B757-200: 84 A/C

B767-300: 1 A/C (awaiting STC)

MD88 Tail Numbers: ALL

MD90 Tail Numbers: ALL

B737-800 Tail Number: 3742

B757-200 Tail Numbers: 602, 608-610, 614-615, 617, 619, 621, 625-633, 636-641, 644-645, 647-657, 663-665, 667-668, 670-672, 674, 677-679, 681, 683-685, 687-694, 696-699, 6701-6717, 6902, 6904

B767-300 Tail Number: 138

Chris B.
Sr. Product Manager
In-Flight Entertainment

Hello everyone…I hope you all had a great weekend and traveled somewhere fun (on Delta, of course!) and that your week is going well. I did some traveling myself over the long weekend (ATL-DUS-NUE-IBZ-VLC-JFK-DCA-ATL). Germany and Spain top my list of favorite European destinations and I can’t wait to go back…but let’s get into the inflight Wi-Fi update…

The Wi-Fi installation on the 767-300 prototype (ship 138) is nearing completion and the test flight is currently scheduled for July 13. Cool factoid…aside from military aircraft (i.e. Air Force One) this will be the largest aircraft (in terms of actual size and passenger count) in the world to be equipped with broadband in-flight Internet access.

Some late-breaking and exciting news is the decision to install Wi-Fi on the (17) 757-200 ETOPS birds. These aircraft will begin flying more transcontinental routes between JFK and the West Coast this fall.

Engineering teams have completed more than 60% of the pre-merger Delta mainline domestic fleet and we expect to have 200 aircraft flying with Wi-Fi by the end of the week. The total as of July 8th is 195.

Fleet Deets:

MD88 - 117 A/C

MD90 - 16 A/C

B737-800: 1 A/C

B757-200 - 61 A/C

Tail Numbers:

MD-88 Tail Numbers : All

MD-90 Tail Numbers : All

B737-800 Tail Number : 3742

B757-200 Tail Numbers : 602, 608-610, 614-615, 617, 619, 621, 625-626, 628-630, 632-633, 636-638-641, 644-645, 647, 649-652, 653-655, 667, 672, 678-679, 684-685, 690-694, 696-699, 6701-6706, 6708, 6711-6714, 6716, 6902, 6904

Chris B.
Sr. Product Manager
In-Flight Entertainment

Hey everyone…it’s time for another Wi-Fi update…the weeks are zooming by and the number of equipped planes is increasing fast.

We’ve now completed 52.9% of the pre-merger Delta domestic fleet with a total of 171 aircraft flying with inflight Wi-Fi. That’s more than 650 daily flights. We also launched a 30 day flight pass this month which offers unlimited Wi-Fi access for $49.95.

Here are the latest stats:

MD88 - 117 aircraft

MD90 - 16 aircraft

B737-800: 1 aircraft

B757-200 - 37 aircraft

MD-88 Tail Numbers: All

MD-90 Tail Numbers: All

B737-800 Tail Numbers: 3742

B757-200 Tail Numbers : 608, 610, 615, 617, 619, 621, 625, 628-630, 632-633, 638-640, 645, 647, 650-651, 654, 667, 672, 679, 684-685, 690-692, 694, 696-697, 6701, 6705, 6711, 6713, 6902, 6904

What are your thoughts on the new 30 day pass and the Wi-Fi price points overall?

Chris B.
Sr. Product Manager, IFE