FlightWifiDoes Sichuan Airlines have Wi-Fi?
- Wi-Fi
- Not on every aircraft
- Starlink
- None announced
- Cost
- Free tier, then paid
- Aircraft
- A330 · A350
- Last verified
- August 2026Official pages
Yes, on part or all of the fleet. A330: Email & browsing. A350: Not verified. Rest of fleet: Not on every aircraft.
Verdict by aircraft
Email & browsing
China Satcom Ka-band HTS with Viasat equipment and Xinghang Interconnect services
Rest of fleet
Not on every aircraft
China Satcom Ka (ChinaSat-16) with Viasat terminals via AeroSat Link on ~16 A320-family aircraft; the rest of the narrowbody fleet is unequipped
Cost and access
- ·Paid on equipped aircraft: about 39.9 RMB full flight or 9.9 RMB hourly on Ka-equipped A320s, free for business class…
- ·Widebody tiers around 19.9 and 49.9 RMB per segment
Sichuan Airlines Wi-Fi questions.
Does Sichuan Airlines have Wi-Fi?
Yes, on part or all of the fleet. A330: Email & browsing. A350: Not verified. Rest of fleet: Not on every aircraft.
Is Sichuan Airlines Wi-Fi free?
Paid on equipped aircraft: about 39.9 RMB full flight or 9.9 RMB hourly on Ka-equipped A320s, free for business class and top-tier elites; widebody tiers around 19.9 and 49.9 RMB per segment.
Which Sichuan Airlines aircraft have Wi-Fi?
It depends on the aircraft. A330: email & browsing. China Satcom Ka-band HTS with Viasat equipment and Xinghang Interconnect services. A350: not verified. Not verified for the A350s - no connectivity evidence found. Rest of fleet: not on every aircraft. China Satcom Ka (ChinaSat-16) with Viasat terminals via AeroSat Link on ~16 A320-family aircraft; the rest of the narrowbody fleet is unequipped.
Can you make video calls on Sichuan Airlines Wi-Fi?
Not reliably. Sichuan Airlines's wifi runs over high-orbit satellite, where the roughly 600 ms round trip breaks live calls even when browsing is fine.
Other East Asian airlines where the answer is "Not on every aircraft"
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