Wi-Fi for all of Alaska Airlines’ flights

1st March, 2010 by adina
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According to Alaska Airlines, all of the company’s flights will soon benefit from Wi-Fi. The new service will be based on Gogo’s 3G-to-Wi-Fi system and, similar to other carriers, pricing will depend on the device, as well as on the flight’s duration. For red-eye flights, notebooks will benefit from access for $5; regular flights will offer access for $10 or $13, for a timing of less than three hours or more. Users of smartphones or other handhelds will have to pay $8, not considering the length of the flight.

Initial exploitation will only include a Boeing 737-800; this will get the new service as soon as it receives the FAA approval. Similar planes will also get the access for long-haul flights; all planes may get the service as an option in the near future.

Many carriers have considered the Wi-Fi as an option lately. Despite this, access has rarely been offered for all the planes from a certain carrier. AirTran and Virgin America are the largest carriers to use the Gogo networking at the time.


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