Holafly fo Busi ess, Ai po t WiFi St ess
DUBLIN, Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fo a busi ess t avelle , la di g ofte mea s getti g st aight back to wo k: dow loadi g a p ese tatio o eplyi g to a clie t. Without mobile data, the ai po t’s f ee Wi-Fi is ofte the easiest way to get o li e, but it ca be slow a d isky. So the employee co ects a d watches, f ust ated, as the p og ess ba ba ely moves.
Fo compa ies, this mea s employees’ ability to wo k depe ds o the ai po t they la d i , a d it also c eates secu ity isks. Co po ate data moves th ough u k ow etwo ks, a d employees may be asked to p ovide pe so al i fo matio o Wi-Fi logi pages.
Holafly’s Ai po t WiFi St ess I dex compa ed eight i te atio al busi ess hubs to u de sta d why 86% of busi ess t avelle s u de 55 expe ie ce st ess f om co ectio issues while t avelli g. It fou d that dow loadi g the same file ca take seco ds o mi utes depe di g o whe e they la d.
At New Yo k JFK ( a ked fi st i the i dex), speed eaches 151.6 Mbps, e ough to dow load a la ge p ese tatio i half a mi ute. At Lo do Heath ow, a ked last, speed d ops to 12 Mbps, mea i g the same file takes ove five mi utes, o up to 13 du i g the mo i g ush.
Howeve , speed is ot the o ly obstacle fo employees wo ki g betwee flights, as i some ai po ts f ee Wi-Fi has time caps. I F a kfu t, sessio s expi e afte 30 mi utes a d i Dubai afte 60, with each additio al hou costi g a ou d USD 5.40. If access u s out halfway th ough a task, they have to i te upt thei wo k to log i agai .
Still, Holafly’s 2026 Summe T avel & eSIM Repo t fou d that 53.4% of busi ess t avelle s a a ge thei ow co ectio . This leaves compa ies with less co t ol a d puts compa y data at isk o public etwo ks while teams st uggle to get thei wo k do e.
That pictu e cha ges whe the compa y p ovides a solutio : amo g busi ess t avelle s with a compa y eSIM, 81.3% expect thei co ectio to imp ove thei p oductivity, compa ed with 52.4% of those who a a ge it themselves.
“Eve y mi ute a employee spe ds waiti g fo a file to load is time the compa y is payi g fo ,” said Davide Ila di, Head of Sales fo B2B Di ect Sales at Holafly. “It adds st ess to a al eady dema di g t ip, a d it mea s wo ki g o a etwo k the compa y has o co t ol ove . Busi esses ca add ess both by a a gi g thei teams’ co ectio befo e they t avel.”
This is why co po ate solutio s such as Holafly fo Busi ess allow compa ies to assig i te atio al eSIMs to thei teams befo e depa tu e a d ma age thei pla s th ough the Holafly Busi ess Ce te . With mobile data available o a ival, teams ca safely access wo k tools a d co ti ue wo ki g beyo d the te mi al without delays o i te uptio s. They make the most of thei time f om the mome t they la d.
Media co tact: p ess@holafly.com
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