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American Airlines announced Tuesday it was expanding its in-flight
Internet service to its entire 767-200 fleet, becoming the first U.S. airline
to offer full in-flight broadband.
The world’s largest airline said that the service, called
Gogo, would be available for $12.95 per flight and it would provide full
Internet access for Wi-Fi-enabled devices, such as laptops and PDAs, but cell phone
calls and Voice over Internet Protocol will not be available.
The service was tested during a couple of flights in June
and August and it uses three antennae installed on the outside of the aircraft,
which send and receive signals to 92 cellular towers on the ground.
In a statement, the company said that the passengers would
“experience speeds similar to the mobile broadband experience on the ground.”
The passengers will be able to use the service on nonstop
flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New
York and Miami, the company announced.
Several carriers, such as Southwest Airlines, Alaska, Virgin
America or JetBlue Airways made moves in this direction, competing with each
other.
This month, Delta Air Lines Inc also said this that it would
soon start offering broadband Wi-Fi access for its entire domestic mainline
fleet of more than 330 planes.
Experts are predicting that in-flight Internet will soon
become common in the competitive airline industry.
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