Skyscanner reveals that free airport Wi-Fi is nearly given across Asia
Less than half of Europe's biggest airports offer free Wi-Fi on an unlimited basis, while most major airports of India provide access to free Wi-Fi, adding to the convenience of the travellers
Mumbai: One area where India scores over Europe is in providing access to free Wi-Fi services at airports for convenience of travellers. A study by travel search engine Skyscanner, reveals that free airport Wi-Fi is nearly a given across Asia, but for Indians travelling to Europe, the picture is different. Less than half of Europe’s biggest airports offer free Wi-Fi on an unlimited basis, while most major airports of India provide access to free Wi-Fi, adding to the convenience of the travellers.
India’s busiest airport– New Delhi Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport offers free Wi-Fi for 45 minutes and charges Rs 99 for the following hour while the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad, ranked as the world’s best airport handling 5-15 million passengers per annum, offers 30 minutes free internet access. The Kolkata airport provides access to free Wi-Fi service for 30 minute sessions.
However, for those travelling further afield to Europe, only 48 per cent of the airports in the Sky-scanner study offer unli-mited Wi-Fi access, the best being Russia and Italy, where all major airports offer the service.Two airports, Berlin Te-gel and Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen, offer no free Wi-Fi at all and even Heat-hrow, Europe’s busiest airport, only allows travellers 45 minutes free connection before charging £3 per hour.The survey found that most commonly use free Wi-Fi for social me-dia, check emails or to simply pass the time as they waited for their flight.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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