Now, LATAM offers passengers free WhatsApp in-flight on aircraft in Brazil

  Now, LATAM offers passengers free WhatsApp in-flight on aircraft in Brazil

And for those flying with LATAM Airlines, as of January 25, airline customers will be able to send and receive free text messages via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage during the flight. 

Initially, the facility will be available on 56 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family that perform flights within Brazil and flights from the country to other destinations in South America. LATAM intends to extend the service to other aircraft in its fleet and reinforces that the free package is worth for text messages only – that is, it does not support the transfer of photos, videos or other files.

 

Learn how to access the service:

STEP 1 – the customer must put their mobile device in airplane mode;

STEP 2 – connect it to the LATAM Play wi-fi network;

STEP 3 – type latamplay.com in your browser and select the free text messaging package.

ATTENTION: The WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage app will only work text message. Does not send or receive photos, videos, etc.

 

If the customer prefers, there are other paid packages for browsing or streaming. Upon entering the LATAM Play network, customers also have free access to more than 700 hours of premium content, including films, documentaries, series and music.

 

“In our continuous objective of providing the best experience to our customers, the message package comes to complement the excellent free entertainment options available, reinforcing the commitment to offer the best inflight entertainment platform in Latin America”, says Paulo Miranda, Vice President of Customers at LATAM Airlines Group.

 

LATAM seeks to expand connectivity and in-flight entertainment

 

The free text messaging package is one of LATAM's initiatives to expand connectivity and the offer of in-flight entertainment amid the resumption of air travel and with increasingly connected customers. Until then, the facility was only offered to LATAM Pass customers in the Gold, Gold Plus, Platinum, Black and Black Signature categories, who have a complete and free internet package on domestic flights through a voucher sent by LATAM a few days before the flight.

 

LATAM is increasingly improving its onboard offer so that customers can experience the best journey to their destination on flights. In November 2021, the airline and WarnerMedia partnered and began offering content from the HBO Max streaming service on domestic and international flights. Among the titles are options such as "Friends: The Reunion" and "Raised by Wolves"," Chernobyl", "Mare of Easttown", "The Undoing", among others.

 

More recently, on December 10, 2021, LATAM surprised passengers on the Guarulhos-New York flight with the exclusive exhibition of the first chapter "And Just Like That.", the revival of the acclaimed North American series "Sex And The City". , and which had premiered just a day earlier on HBO Max.

 

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