Airline · Asia-Pacific

Qantas Wi-Fi

Qantas offers free Wi-Fi on equipped aircraft on selected domestic and international routes. Availability depends on the aircraft and coverage.

Provider
Viasat
Network
Qantas Free Wi-Fi
Free
Wi-Fi is free on equipped aircraft.

Checked 2 November 2026. Prices and policies as of November 2026.

Who provides it

  • Viasat

    Qantas names Viasat satellite technology for its international Wi-Fi expansion.

What’s free

  • Wi-Fi is free on equipped aircraft. Qantas says to check the Qantas app for your flight’s onboard experience shortly before travelling.
  • Coverage and the aircraft assigned to a flight can change. Some international routes and aircraft do not have Wi-Fi.

As of November 2026.

Prices

PlanPrice
Wi-Fi on equipped aircraftFree

As of November 2026.

Streaming and calls

Qantas says passengers can stream films, television, music and audiobooks. Streaming may be less reliable outside covered airspace. Voice and video calls are not permitted.

VPNs

Qantas does not state a general VPN rule on its Wi-Fi page.

Which planes have it

Qantas lists connected A321XLR, A220-300, 787 and A330-200 aircraft, plus most 737-800 and A330-300 aircraft. Its A380 rollout is in progress. Availability varies by route and aircraft; check your flight before travel.

How to connect

  1. Enable flight mode, then turn Wi-Fi on.

  2. Select Qantas Free Wi-Fi.

  3. Follow the prompts. If the page does not load, enter wifi.qantas.com in your browser.

Qantas recommends checking your flight in the Qantas app 24 to 48 hours before travel.

On board with Kilobat

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

  • 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 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.

More in what to do before you board.

Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat

Questions

Can I make a video call on Qantas Wi-Fi?

No. Qantas permits streaming but does not allow voice or video calls on board.

Sources

Checked on 2 November 2026.