Jaunted

In-Flight WiFi: The Wait Is Almost Over

3/12/2008 at 9:45 AM
Tags: Aircell, American Airlines, Virgin America, In-Flight WiFi, Gogo (all tags)

American Airlines and Virgin America are racing to be the first US carrier to offer in-flight WiFi*, and they could both be online by this summer. The CEO of Aircell, the company outfitting the planes, says you should be flying out of SFO:

For the first six months, there will be more broadband-enabled flights out of San Francisco.

Aircell is marketing its service as Gogo for some reason, and the company's website indicates flights between JFK and both Miami and LA will have WiFi soon, too.

As for pricing, it's what we've heard before: $13 for a long flight and $10 for any trip under three hours.

* On more than one plane. JetBlue just wrote in to remind us that BetaBlue's been flying since December.

Related Stories:
· US In-flight Broadband Is A-gogo by Spring [GigaOm]
· Gogo [Official Site]
· Virgin America Announces In-Flight WiFi by 2008 [Jaunted]
· American Airlines to Test In-Flight WiFi [Jaunted]