American Airlines to test in-flight WiFi tomorrow

You heard right, folks. American Airlines is planning to open up the world wide web to passengers on board an unspecified round-trip flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles. The Gogo service, provided via Aircell, will be free for patrons tomorrow, but will eventually run users $12.95 for flights greater than three hours and $9.95 for trips under said threshold. We're also told that more trials are expected to get going on flights between New York and San Francisco and New York and Miami, though no time frame is given for when the service would escape the beta stage and hit mass implementation. Additionally, the Gogo system is supposed to "prioritize the flow of data so that passengers downloading movies or large documents won't prevent other passengers from getting their email," so don't expect to use that excuse for not sending in those Q2 close reports.

[Via Jaunted]

[Tokyo Yuri Posted Jun 24th 2008 9:53PM]

I honestly, would pay $50 if this got me something to do while flying to Japan.

I have a 14hr flight, non-stop, and I'm already sinking $1200 on it. It's a one-time deal, but hell, 14 hours is a LONG time to sit and listen to music.

I'm leaving in only a few months though =\ I know this won't be mainstream that fast. I can dream though.

[FlyersPh9 Posted Jun 24th 2008 10:41PM]

It would figure...I just got home from vacation today. Won't be on a plane (most likely) until next year. :-(

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 25th 2008 4:10PM]

Isn't that picture from a JetBlue flight?