Alaska Airlines Joins the Wi-Fi Fleet

Posted 02/25/2010 at 6:03am | by Paul Lilly

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Alaska Airlines on Wednesday announced it will offer Aircell's Gogo InFlight Internet service on all of Alaska's aircrafts, effectively joining the mile-high Wi-Fi club.

"With more than 730 systems already flying, Aircell has a proven track record of deploying affordable inflight Wi-Fi services to airline customers," said Steve Jarvis, Alaska's vice president of marketing, sales, and customer experience. "Their reliable, lower-cost equipment can be installed quickly, allowing Alaska Airlines to introduce Gogo service to our customers as soon as possible."

Once fully implemented, passengers will be able to surf the Web, listen to streaming music, play games, listen to podcasts and webcasts, send and receive email, and connect to virtual private networks (VPNs), Alaska said. The airlines also promised that speeds will be "similar" to wireless mobile broadband service on the ground.

The cost to use Gogo will start at $4.95 and ramp up from there, depending on the length of the flight and device being used.

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