AirCell set to hook up Virgin America with in-flight broadband

Fresh from inking a deal with American Airlines, relative newcomer AirCell is now set to bring its in-flight internet knowhow to Virgin America, with the pair officially announcing the partnership today. In addition to letting passengers use their own personal WiFi-equipped devices on flights, the service will also be used to provide broadband internet to Virgin's RED in-flight entertainment system, which we recently got to check out first hand. Just don't expect to be able to do that right away, with the service only "anticipated" to roll out across Virgin's entire fleet "sometime in 2008."

[fuma @ Sep 13th 2007 1:18PM]

cool, so you can video skype with your family as it plummets into the earth!

[Wesburl @ Sep 13th 2007 1:22PM]

"The internet is for Porn"

[Noshino @ Sep 13th 2007 1:40PM]

I don't want to sit next to you...

[Adam @ Sep 13th 2007 2:10PM]

Yes, this means in-flight calls. Everyone with a SkypeOut account will be blabla-ing away about the deal of the day.

I can't wait :(

[--Ed @ Sep 13th 2007 2:18PM]

I'm sure they are going to have filters to block porn, VOIP and so on. I highly doubt it will be wide open for all activity.

[ethana2 @ Sep 13th 2007 10:00PM]

They need to have noise canceling headphones.

Screw them if it's just gonna be a web connection. Web and internet are different. I want internet.

[Simon @ Sep 13th 2007 2:35PM]

Osama!!!!1!!! Says:
I am ready. Prepare yourselves. Paradise awaits.
MRJUMANJI666 Says:
I will attempt to force the cockpit door. brb.
Osama!!!!1!!! Says:
You idiot! You set the alarm off!! ABORT! ABORT!
Osama!!!!1!!! Has just sent a Nudge.
Osama!!!!1!!! Has just sent a Nudge.

[erhan @ Sep 13th 2007 10:16PM]

Awsome, Cant wait to fly with this airlines. Hope that they dont go bankrupt.
One thing is that people will know is that there are going to be people using VOIP for phone calls.
That would be cool to counter-strike on a plane.

[Bochica @ May 29th 2008 1:36PM]

Over weight lugage in San Francisco (SFO)
IAN (I think employee# 135101) from first class was checking us in San Francisco (SFO).

There was two of us with ONE 75 pound lugage.
So, I stepped aside to re-packed it, then weighed 68 pounds. Only to be hassle again and then asked to weigh my carry on.

The carry-on weighed 35 pound for two of us.

The pushy IAN forced us to check our carry-on in because that too was overwieght. Split between two people would have been 17.5 pounds easily.

Question is did IAN have a bad day with his boy friend or girl friend?

Doing a job you don't like is worse than losing your job.