In a move that hasn’t garnered nearly the same publicity as Virgin America’s announcement that they’re teaming up with Google, American Airlines has announced that they are teaming up with Lexus to provide free wifi to users of the gogo system on their flights. The AA promo is much more limited – only 7 days […]
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Wi-Fi Onboard
I finally had my first opportunity to try out an in-flight Internet service this morning on my Delta flight from New York to Tampa. I know that I may be late to the game on this front, but I don’t fly many routes or carriers that have had the service up to this point (mostly […]
Potential roaming option for in-flight Internet
Word on the street is that Boingo is looking to partner with AirCell, bringing their roaming WiFi hotspot subscription service from the terminals to 30,000 feet. Right now AirCell is the provider of choice for American and Virgin America, so this won’t cover all the flying Internet options, but if it goes through it does […]
More options for in flight Internet
Mixing two of my prime interests, a couple US-based airlines have announced Internet access on their planes this week. For American Airlines it will be a solution provided by Aircell, allowing access to a very broad collection of content, though they will attempt to restrict streaming content. For Continental Airlines it will be an implementation […]