Want To Know If Your American Airlines Flight Has WiFi? There's A Widget For That
Ever since AirTran and Virgin America rolled out their fleet-wide WiFi earlier this year, other domestic legacy carriers have stepped up their game and mostly stayed on track for connectivity. A great example is American Airlines, who reached the milestone of having 100 planes connected in August, with a goal of 150 by the year's end.
With over 100 WiFi-hot American birdies up in the sky, your chances of flying on one are better than ever. And just in case you get lucky and score a plane connected with Gogo, American wants to make sure you're ready with your laptop by letting you check in advance to see if you'll have the internet on your flight. Via a new widget, passengers may enter their flight number or departure airport and see, up to 24 hours before the flight, if their plane will be WiFi-equipped. You can even share the widget by embedding it your blog, adding it your iGoogle, and taking advantage of other options.
'Tis the seasons of peak holiday travel, and it looks like instead of a lump of coal, air travelers will be getting In-Flight WiFi in their stockings. While Google and Bing battle on the ground to see who can provide more free connectivity, up in the skies is looking just as connected.
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· American Airlines Launches WiFi Widget To Sniff Out WiFi-Equipped Flights [Engadget]
· WiFi Widget [AA]
· You Can Now Surf Craigslist From 100 Of American's Planes [Jaunted]
· In-Flight WiFi coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: AA]
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