Delta to launch Broadband Wi-Fi on US flights
Starting this autumn to early 2009, Delta airlines plans to have airborne wifi running in its fleet of 330 US planes using Aircell’s Gogo in-flight net technology.
If all goes as planned, Delta passengers with net-enabled devices will be emailing and surfing the net at 30 thousand feet on a mobile broadband network on the carrier’s domestic fleet. The so called “Gogo” wifi service offers access to the Internet for US$9.95 on flights of three hours or less and US$12.95 on longer flights.
It looks like a win-win for everyone - more revenues for cash-strapped US carriers and more Internet access for passengers - the only losers may be those busy execs who famously relish the disconnected down-time formerly offered by that peaceful flight home from the business battlefield.
The wifi roll out will begin with the fleet’s 133 MD88/90 aircraft subsequently including 200 Boeing 737, 757 and 767-300 aircraft by mid-2009.
“The advent of Air-To-Ground (ATG) technology has made broadband connectivity in the cabin economically viable for the first time for commercial airlines,” said Jack Blumenstein, President and CEO, Aircell. Lufthansawi was the first airline to offer Internet, launching its Flynet broadband internet service in May of 2004.
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