The study recently unveiled by Liligo was carried out in 28 European Union countries, plus Russia and Switzerland. The travel search engine has drawn up various rankings, analysing country by country the free wi-fi offers available to travellers in airports. Among other things, it shows that France is being beaten by Spain (76%) and above all Finland in terms of the proportion of airports offering free wi-fi access. In fact, all 22 Finnish international airports offer not only free but also unlimited access to wireless connectivity, compared with 48% at French hubs. It is worth noting here that European airports have made great efforts on the Wi-Fi front, given that four years ago there were only two Finnish airports 'connected', nine in France, and just one hub on the other side of the Pyrenees.
Nevertheless, France boasts the most connected airports (40), well ahead of Spain (28). In mainland France, out of 72 airports, 25 hubs do not offer Wi-Fi access. Today, connectivity seems to have become the rule, if not the norm, for welcoming business travellers in the best possible conditions. For example, 82 % of European Union airports offering a free Wi-Fi connection do not impose a time limit. Connectivity is limited to one hour in 17 % of cases, and a small minority of airports (1%) offer access for less than 60 minutes, according to the Liligo study, which also highlights the rise of a differentiated model, with the introduction of a Premium service, for which a fee is charged, enabling passengers to benefit from a much higher speed than the free Wi-Fi offer. Finally, at the bottom of the league, Liligo points to Greece as having the lowest ratio (13%) of airports offering free wi-fi, with Germany in 5th place in this 'bad pupil' ranking with 27%.
