Tag archive: Dan Garton

Amercian Airlines has announced it is now offering in-flight Internet service on selected cross-country flights, powered by Aircell's Gogo mobile broadband service. As of today, American is offering the service on 767-200 aircraft flying between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami. The service costs $12.95 on flights more than three hours in duration, and is available to customers in all… Read More

If you fly American Airlines next year, you might well be able to get a high speed Internet connection on your flight.   The company has announced that it willprovide the access on its Beoing 767-200 planes on a test basis. The airplanes are primarily used on transcontinental routes. For a fee, passengers will be able to access a virtual private network(VPN) and e-mail capabilities through WiFi-enabled laptops and PDAs.   If it works… Read More

From the press release: Through the use of an in-cabin third-generation (3G) picocell network, passengers on the test flight were able to place and receive calls as if they were on the ground. The proof-of-concept demonstration flight originated out of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. During the approximate two-hour flight, passengers were able to place and receive phone calls and text messages on their mobile phones. Passengers… Read More