Southwest Airlines Opens the Information Superskyway
Tue, 02/10/2009 - 11:07 — Caleb Fox
Peanuts, pretzels, Yahoo!?
That’s the question for some Southwest Airlines Customers today as the airline tests a potential
onboard wi-fi solution.
onboard wi-fi solution.
Southwest is the first to test aircraft to satellite technology in commercial service.
Southwest Airlines, in conjunction with Row 44, equipped one Southwest aircraft with the
technology and is set to equip three additional aircraft by the end of March 2009, and is partnering with Yahoo! to offer an inflight homepage with destination-relevant content for the new service.
technology and is set to equip three additional aircraft by the end of March 2009, and is partnering with Yahoo! to offer an inflight homepage with destination-relevant content for the new service.
Southwest will be testing the technology in commercial service for the next few months.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Are they charging for this service?
February 12th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Good question, details of the program have not been released yet! I will update TerminalTraveler.com as the program officially rolls out in the next month.
February 13th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I’m ready…Maybe my flight to Vegas on Sunday AM will be “the one”
February 14th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Jeff, let us know if it is and how the WiFi service worked, would love to have your review. Thanks from the Terminal Traveler Team!
June 10th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I found your site while browsing on google and saw a few of your other pieces too. I’ve just added you to my yahoo rss Reader. Just wanted to say” keep up the good work” and congrats on a job well done!
June 17th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Wicked site man. I really like the theme you used. Is it a free one?
June 17th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Did you post a few of these things on another blog? That one post looked very familiar. Maybe I saw something about it on the news?