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American Airlines to test in-flight Internet access for passengers

Travel Jun. 25, 2008 - 05:57AM JST ( 9 )

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OssanULTRAJun. 25, 2008 - 07:58AM JST

This is great. A passenger can write how bad American's service is on his blog in real time.
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rajakumarJun. 25, 2008 - 08:05AM JST

American airlines service,now to come under blog criticisms, 24 hrs a day.

Will that improve service? Hopefully, May be.

Generally I think,if will remain same,unless there is some kind Magic staff member.
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8iamhappy8Jun. 25, 2008 - 08:09AM JST

It's about time. Now, if only they will implement power outlets to allow you to continue using your laptop for more than 2 hours...
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tkoind2Jun. 25, 2008 - 09:15AM JST

Wonder how much they will charge for this. $15 per min.?
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AltriaJun. 25, 2008 - 11:22AM JST

With charges like that, I'm going to be smuggling my own internet on board.
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DenshaDeGOJun. 25, 2008 - 12:36PM JST

So AA is actually planning on flying its planes now?

All joking aside, this will be cool ... for people flying AA and long-distance. My average flight with them is 2 hours. That's too short for me, especially to fork out $10 for.

American plans to charge $9.95 to $12.95 for Internet service, depending on flight length.

A few years back Boeing had an in flight internet service called Connexion. I used it on JAL going back and forth over the Pacific and it was $20 for 24 hours of usage. Surfing the interweb was a great way to kill time on an ordinarily boring flight. I would imagine if AA isn't too greedy or stupid (cough cough) then they'll price theirs similarly (or watch it die.)

What I'm wondering is, Boeing pulled the plug on their service because of lack of interest. Why does AA suddenly think it will work?
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wilburJun. 25, 2008 - 12:44PM JST

i read or sleep on planes...the world won't change much in the 4-12 hours that i'm airborne
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flyingfishJun. 25, 2008 - 01:42PM JST

this is good -but not really very useful if there are no chargers on longer flights..
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keshiiJun. 25, 2008 - 02:34PM JST

Internet on an airplane? Wow, that almost makes Homeland Security's new mandate of photographing passengers in the nude worth it.