Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Croatia Airlines has ruled out the implementation of wireless on board Internet in the near future. The carrier says it considered the move, but notes that installing the service would prove too costly. "Keeping in mind the total investment necessary for installing modern technology on the aircraft, the number of aircraft in our fleet and the average flying time of one hour and twenty minutes, we will not be installing this service for the time being", Croatia Airlines said in a statement. The cost of installing Wi-Fi Internet on an aircraft varies from airline to airline. Different airlines use different types of networks to connect their planes. However, it costs between $200.000 and $300.000 to fit a single plane with Wi-Fi, depending on the vendor and whether it is a ground-based or satellite service. Finnair recently announced it would invest $33 million to install Wi-Fi across its Airbus A350, A330 and short haul Airbus fleet by 2018.
+1 Go croatia.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean go Croatia, when they said they wont be instaling Wi Fi on board?
DeleteMeans they want be loosing money both by installing the expensive and heavy hardware of satellite antennas and by providing this service.
DeleteThis is good news for the Croatian tax payers.
Nema vise tax payers ili prodaja ili bankrot.
DeleteHa ha. You guys are comical. When all else fails, you celebrate your defeatism.
DeleteSarcasm anyone ?
DeleteNot a deal breaker for me to fly or not to fly.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteGuess what ? It sure is for many people ...
DeleteWifi is so unimportant on short haul flights. If people can survive without smoking, they can also survive without having their gadgets in hands. As OU says on screens - relax and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteNista slanje selfija sa leta? Cccc koja drugorazredna kompanija.
DeleteIndeed,flights are very short and installing unnecessary items isn't a priority, on a new planes sure, they automatically come with wifi equipment, but older machines it would be pointless.
DeleteYes, people can survive without it, but if you can choose and pay one euro more, would you go for it? Yes, people can drive YUGO these days, but they usually opt not to. I pay more for internet on prepaid service when I need it. Travel is usually good time when you do need it, and I would be definitely of those to pay that one euro more.
DeleteSo Air Serbia the only one in ex-YU region with wifi.
ReplyDeleteGo Serbia!
Do they have any plans for a business lounge in the new terminal in ZAG ? This is pretty much standard and minimal standard nowadays for business class passengers ...
ReplyDeleteThe new terminal will definitely have a business class lounge just like the current Zagreb terminal has one. If it is a Croatia Airlines / Star dedicated lounge? Well that I do not know.
Delete@There are plans for 3 lunges at new terminal, a first class VIP lunge with Press centre, a business lounge and a Star Alliance/Croatian Airlines lounge.
DeleteEach lounge will be around 400-500sqm.
New Terminal will be spectacular by local standards.Work on the exterior are almost completed, should be all done by the end of this year, terminal is almost water and weather tight, should be completely weather tight by the end of December and works on the interior should commence in early January and be completed by late 2016, with luggage sorting facility to be installed in April and May, air bridges installed in May through to July, main 600x175m platform should be completed by the end of October next year, with access roads and taxiways all completed beforehand.
A train station should be completed sometimes in 2017, either October or December of that year with line connected to it in mif to late 2018, with service commencing either in 2018 or early 2019, what sort of trains will be serving the airport it is anyone's guess, but most likely new trams will be ordered to do the task, 7 section tram (currently Zagreb is served by 3 and 5 section NT2200 trams made by Koncar) although there are no specifics and as per usual such things are left to the very end, poorly planned.
Considering Mr Milan Bandic is one of the most corrupt politicians alive, you can certainly expect nothing to happen till late 2017.
I think EU funds are being sought for new train/tram link to the airport, reason why this might take time to see it completed, plans for new link are known and should connect airport with the city centre with a fast tram or light metro link, most likely fast tram.
New terminal won't be expanded until it hits 5.0 million pax (not the airport) giving developers enough time to recuperate investment poured in the terminal, projection is expansion of new terminal won't happen before 2025, when airport is expected to hit 7.5 million pax and new terminal hits 5.0 million.
New control tower will be built with the EU funds and city I mean Croatian Air traffic control is negotiating with the EU over funds for new Control Tower. From what I understand new tower will be built on location of very old tower or near the location, on airport land, as land around it owned by Croatian Airlines. The specifications for new control tower aren't ready yet, but CAA is looking for an object that would dominate the airport and any future expansions, including 2nd runway, ideally a tower between 50 and 80m tall with 360m panoramic view. Cost of new ACT won't exceed 100 million kuna as this is how much CAA is looking to get from the EU, unless per EU rules CAA needs to invest some of its own money in which case new ACT tower might be slightly more expensive at 125 million kuna.