Thrax
9 Aug 2007, 08:13pm
Teaming up with Colorado-based firm Aircell, American Airlines is set to deliver in-flight WiFi on transcontinental flights as early as next year. This manoeuvre is in light of numerous failures to deliver on the same claims by other firms such as Boeing, whose "Connexion" technology was perhaps the biggest bust of them all.
Consumers have always supported internet on long flights, given that the wretched hive of scum and villainy is one of the easiest ways to stay entertained these days. Previous failures to provide implementation of this technology has been due to the cost it presents to the airline, not a lack of demand. Now, however, with fares becoming a cut-throat and increasingly margin-free business, airlines need anything they can get to attract paying customers.
Consumers have always supported internet on long flights, given that the wretched hive of scum and villainy is one of the easiest ways to stay entertained these days. Previous failures to provide implementation of this technology has been due to the cost it presents to the airline, not a lack of demand. Now, however, with fares becoming a cut-throat and increasingly margin-free business, airlines need anything they can get to attract paying customers.