Emirates flights & the Champions League Final

[blue1878]

Just been looking at the emirates website and if I understand it correctly if you are on one of there flights whilst the final is being played you can still watch the game on there inflight entertainment 

https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/experience/inflight-entertainment/ice-tv-live/

 

[striderman]

same on etihad IF  the plane has the latest entertainment package. even in economy there are 8 live tv options inc sport

[thinkingallowed]

Presently there's no internet on flights above Indian airspace and so live streaming of games. The ME airlines spend quite a lot of their flights to and from BKK flying over India.

There's talk of this changing but it was the case last month.

[blue1878]

34 minutes ago, thinkingallowed said:

Presently there's no internet on flights above Indian airspace and so live streaming of games. The ME airlines spend quite a lot of their flights to and from BKK flying over India.

There's talk of this changing but it was the case last month.

I didn't know that

Interesting

[fostraswift]

1 hour ago, thinkingallowed said:

Presently there's no internet on flights above Indian airspace and so live streaming of games. The ME airlines spend quite a lot of their flights to and from BKK flying over India.

There's talk of this changing but it was the case last month.

is it not satellite based?,, 

[thinkingallowed]

46 minutes ago, blue1878 said:

I didn't know that

Interesting

 

13 minutes ago, fostraswift said:

is it not satellite based?,, 

Maybe I'm wrong I was assuming they used the same technology for both.

[blue1878]

29 minutes ago, thinkingallowed said:

 

Maybe I'm wrong I was assuming they used the same technology for both.

That's something to check out sometime

If its satallite based then  planes can get a connection even if they are flying over India

[fostraswift]

[blue1878]

4 minutes ago, fostraswift said:

Sorry but what are we looking at???

[fostraswift]

1 minute ago, blue1878 said:

Sorry but what are we looking at???

bubble on top , thats where the satellite receiver  is

[blue1878]

Just now, fostraswift said:

bubble on top , thats where the satellite receiver  is

Thanks for that

You learn something new all the time

[thinkingallowed]

Emirates Internet is satellite based but blocked over India...

Read more here...

https://www.ausbt.com.au/emirates-airbus-a380-inflight-wifi-internet-review

How to find out if the live sports and TV are blocked too?