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Virgin America
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: November 2008
· Fleet installation completion date: May 2009; Trophy for: First airline with fleet-wide WiFi
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: 100%
· Pricing: The standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours), and $24.95* (*promo price, limited time, for 30 days of flights on a single airline).
· Plugs at seats? Yes, USB and 100V.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: YES.

AirTran
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: May 2009
· Fleet installation completion date: July 2009
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: 100%
· Pricing: The standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours), $12.95 for a 24-hour pass on AirTran, and $24.95* (*promo price, limited time, for 30 days of flights on a single airline).
· Plugs at seats? Nope.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: YES.

Delta
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: December 2008
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: Over 80% of their domestic, pre-merger (with Northwest Airlines) fleet. All MD-88s and MD-90s. Over 300 planes are completed and connected. Trophy for: Most planes equipped with WiFi
· Pricing: The standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours), $12.95 for a 24-hour pass on Delta, and $24.95* (*promo price, limited time, for 30 days of flights on a single airline).
· Plugs at seats? Depends on the plane—check SeatGuru.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: LIKELY.

American Airlines
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: June 2008
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: 25%. All 767s are connected, and American is approaching having completed 150 plane installations.
· Pricing: The standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours), and $24.95* (*promo price, limited time, for 30 days of flights on a single airline).
· Plugs at seats? Very likely, depending on the plane. Need cigarette-style plugs however.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: 50/50 chance if you're flying on an MD-80 or 737; YES if you're flying a 767. Find out here.

United Airlines
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: October 2009
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: Almost 4%. Thus far, only flights on select 757s between New York and California.
· Pricing: The standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), and $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours).
· Plugs at seats? Only if you're flying First Class on larger planes.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: UNLIKELY.

Southwest Airlines
· WiFi provider: Row 44
· Start Date: February 2009
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: Less than 1%. There are only four planes with in-flight WiFi, out of a fleet of 544. They will proceed with installations in 2010.
· Pricing: $2-$12 depending on flight length. Price will be displayed when you open your browser.
· Plugs at seats? Nope.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: UNLIKELY. Follow Southwest on Twitter, since they'll occasional tweet the WiFi routes.

Alaska Air
· WiFi provider: Row 44
· Start Date: March 2009
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: Unknown, but they do definitely have at least one, since the "Nerd Bird" route from Portland-San Jose-Austin is flown with a WiFi-equipped 737-700 named "WiFi One." There are plans to equip all Alaska Air planes, but none from Horizon Air.
· Pricing: $2-$12 depending on flight length. Price will be displayed when you open your browser.
· Plugs at seats? Nope.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: NO. That is, unless you're flying the aforementioned Nerd Bird route or stumble onto a WiFi test.

Air Canada
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: November 2009
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: Unknown, but they are testing it on a few planes flying from Montreal and Toronto to Los Angeles. WiFi is only available while over US territory, however.
· Pricing: The standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), and $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours).
· Plugs at seats? Depends on the plane—check SeatGuru.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: NO, unless you strike it lucky with one of the test flights between Montreal or Toronto and LA.

JetBlue
· WiFi provider: LiveTV
· Start Date: December 2007. Trophy for: First domestic airline to get in-flight WiFi up and running
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: Less than 1%. There is only one plane, "Betablue," and the LiveTV system only allows for limited internet usage.
· Pricing: Free.
· Plugs at seats? No.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: NO, unless you're on Betablue and it's actually working, but the extremely limited internet almost isn't worth it.

US Airways
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: Announced in July 2009; installs won't start until 2010.
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: 0%. They haven't completed installing the WiFi on any planes yet, but they plan for 50 A321a to have it next year.
· Pricing: When they get it installed, it'll be the standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), and $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours).
· Plugs at seats? Nope.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: NOT YET. Keep your fingers crossed for early 2010.

Continental Airlines
· WiFi provider: Gogo
· Start Date: Announced December 16, 2009.
· Percentage of fleet equipped with in-flight WiFi: 0%. It was just announced, but they plan to have 27 757s online by summer 2010. Originally Continental was going to go with LiveTV, what Jetblue uses, but that's turned out to be a flop.
· Pricing: When they get it installed, it'll be the standard Gogo plan of $4.95 (single flight up to 1.5 hours), $9.95 (single flight between 1.5-3 hours), and $12.95 (single flight over 3 hours).
· Plugs at seats? Depends on the plane—check SeatGuru.
· Will your flight have WiFi?: NOT YET. It'll be summer 2010 at the earliest, for the first batch of planes.

And now for the internationals! As you can see from the extensive list above, the in-flight WiFi spirit is in the air, and long-haul airlines are greedily eyeing the extra revenue that WiFi is bringing in. In addition, they want to give their passengers a top-notch experience with the latest technology, and in-flight WiFi is the current hurdle to jump to achieve this. Already there are three international, long-haul airlines with WiFi plans:
· Emirates. You can already check your email and SMS through their IFE system, and 60 planes are outfitted to make in-flight phone calls, but for in-flight WiFi they're possibly turning to the satellite-based Ku-Band system.
· Lufthansa. Believe it or not, Lufthansa had 66 of their long-haul planes outfitted with broadband internet through their "FlyNet" system. They discontinued it in 2006, but they'll be relaunching it in mid-2010 thanks to a partnership with Panasonic. Trophy for: First airline to have in-flight WiFi!
· Virgin Atlantic. Jealous of the success that Virgin America is having with their fleet wide in-flight WiFi in the States, the mother carrier is desperate to get in on the action and maintain its sexy, modern image. They're however looking at having it installed on their aircraft deliveries in 2011, at the earliest.

Passengers and airline professionals: have any comments, in-flight WiFi stories, or notice any corrections or update that need to be made to this comprehensive list? Shoot us an email or share in the comments below. Thanks!

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