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Aer Lingus Wi-FiWhat’s free, what it costs and how to connect

Aer Lingus offers free Starlink Wi-Fi in every cabin, now on all its transatlantic aircraft and rolling out to short-haul routes. Aircraft without Starlink keep paid Wi-Fi plans.

Checked 6 November 2026 · prices and policies as of November 2026

Free Wi-Fi Everyone on Starlink Starlink Wi-Fi is free for every passenger on equipped aircraft, in all cabins. Lowest listed price From €3.49 4 plans listed below, as of November 2026. Streaming Yes, on Starlink Aer Lingus says you can stream TV shows and films over Starlink as you would at home. Voice and video calls Allowed, quietly Aer Lingus doesn’t publish a rule on calls. VPN No rule published Aer Lingus doesn’t publish a VPN rule. Which planes have it Aer Lingus says Starlink is on all its transatlantic fleet, with the short-haul rollout underway on selected routes.

Step by step

How to connect to Aer Lingus Wi-Fi on a Mac

On a Starlink flight, from Aer Lingus’ Starlink page:

  1. Once you’re on board, turn on Wi-Fi on your laptop, tablet or phone.

  2. Connect to the Aer Lingus WiFi network.

  3. Follow the prompts and you’re online. You can connect as many devices as you like.

On the older Wi-Fi, enable Wi-Fi, open your browser and buy one of the plans. On A330s you can also join the AeroMobile network for texts and data, charged at your operator’s roaming rates.

Free

What’s free on Aer Lingus

  • Starlink Wi-Fi is free for every passenger on equipped aircraft, in all cabins. Aer Lingus covers browsing, shopping, email, messaging and social networks.
  • On Starlink you also get live sport on Sport 24, Aer Lingus says.
  • On the older Wi-Fi, internet is free for business class customers and AerClub Concierge members.

As of November 2026.

Prices

What Aer Lingus Wi-Fi costs

PlanPrice
Chat for an hour (messaging apps)From €3.49 / $3.99 / £2.99
Keep chatting (messaging apps, whole flight)From €5.99 / $6.99 / £4.99
Stay connected (browsing and social networks)From €13.49 / $16.49 / £11.99
Don’t miss a thing (whole flight)From €20.49 / $24.99 / £17.99

These plans are for the older Wi-Fi. Aer Lingus says prices vary by route. Starlink Wi-Fi is free.

As of November 2026.

The rules

Streaming, calls and VPNs on Aer Lingus Wi-Fi

Streaming and calls

Streaming: Yes, on StarlinkCalls: Allowed, quietly

Aer Lingus says you can stream TV shows and films over Starlink as you would at home. It quotes download speeds of up to 500+ Mbps. It says some sites are blocked.

VPNs

No rule published

Aer Lingus doesn’t publish a VPN rule.

Aircraft

Who provides Aer Lingus Wi-Fi, and which planes have it

Aer Lingus says Starlink is on all its transatlantic fleet, with the short-haul rollout underway on selected routes. The older Wi-Fi is on all A330s and all A321neoLR and A321XLR aircraft. Aer Lingus plans Starlink across its short-haul fleet, excluding Aer Lingus Regional aircraft.

Connectivity hell

Aer Lingus Wi-Fi on the complaint board

Aer Lingus isn’t on the Connectivity hell board. These airlines have the most public Wi-Fi complaints in the last 30 days, as of 5 November 2026.

  1. Delta Air Lines 315 in 30 days
  2. United Airlines 74 in 30 days
  3. Southwest Airlines 58 in 30 days
  4. American Airlines 51 in 30 days
  5. JetBlue 23 in 30 days

See the full board · How the count works

On board with Kilobat

Make a slow, shared link go further

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that shows what each app sends and holds back what can wait. On Aer Lingus Wi-Fi:

  • The sign-in page. When it doesn’t open by itself, the menu bar says This Wi-Fi wants you to sign in, with Open sign-in page. Turn your VPN on after you’ve signed in.
  • Mark it metered. macOS treats plane Wi-Fi as unlimited. Mark it Metered in Kilobat’s Wi-Fi & Bluetooth menu or with kilobat networks cost metered, and Kilobat skips its own speed tests. If automatic switching is enabled, it switches to Travel.
  • Updates wait. With Pro, paused updaters enabled and the network filter on, macOS Software Update, App Store downloads, Google Updater and Microsoft AutoUpdate wait for an unmetered network. The apps keep working.
  • See what’s using it. Every app’s upload and download, live in the menu bar, so a messaging-only plan isn’t spent on a sync you forgot.
  • Send later. A big upload, such as Dropbox syncing a folder, shows as a row with its speed. With Pro, Send later can hold it until you’re on unmetered Wi-Fi again, for up to eight hours while Kilobat is open.
  • Know what’s slow. Health shows latency and loss, and with Pro their history through the flight. Those measurements can help you investigate a slow connection. When Slack or Zoom won’t load, Is it them or me? reads the service’s status page.
Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat

Kilobat is free to download and use. Pro adds the parts marked Pro, for $29 once for two Macs, with a 7-day free trial and 14-day refunds. More in what to do before you board.

Free
Safari3.2 MB/s824 MB
Cloud backup2.1 MB/s240 MB
Night Drive186 KB/s312 MB
Kilobat12 KB/s14 MB

What is eating your bandwidth? Live traffic for every app, right in your menu bar. Catch the backup choking your call.

Pro Travel · on a metered network
Cloud backup
Google UpdaterPaused
macOS Software UpdatePaused

Hotspot data gone in an hour? Travel blocks backups, and updaters wait until you’re off the hotspot. The apps keep working.

Questions

Is Aer Lingus Wi-Fi free?

Yes on Starlink-equipped aircraft, for everyone. On the older Wi-Fi, it’s free for business class and AerClub Concierge members, and plans start at €3.49.

Can I make calls on Aer Lingus Wi-Fi?

Aer Lingus asks you to keep your voice low and use headphones if you take a call on Starlink. It doesn’t ban calls.

What is the Aer Lingus Wi-Fi network called?

Aer Lingus names its Wi-Fi network Aer Lingus WiFi. Join it, then sign in on the page that opens.

Can you stream on Aer Lingus Wi-Fi?

Aer Lingus says you can stream TV shows and films over Starlink as you would at home. It quotes download speeds of up to 500+ Mbps. It says some sites are blocked.

Can you use a VPN on Aer Lingus Wi-Fi?

Aer Lingus doesn’t publish a VPN rule.

Why won’t the Aer Lingus Wi-Fi sign-in page open on my Mac?

A VPN, iCloud Private Relay or your own DNS can keep the page from opening. Turn them off, open http://captive.apple.com in Safari, and turn the VPN on again after you’ve signed in. Kilobat shows Open sign-in page when a network is waiting for you.

Sources

Checked on 6 November 2026.

Get your Mac ready for Aer Lingus Wi-Fi.

Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat