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Alaska Airlines offering inflight Wi-Fi
Alaska Airlines is adding to the roster of airlines that offer satellite-based Wi-Fi service. The service will have a 60-day free trial period on flights between San Jose, CA and Seattle with plans to expand to other flights. Does anyone else think that's an odd choice of cities to start with? I'd be pissed if I frequently flew to Anchorage.
The Boeing 737-700 jets will have web browsing, online music, email, IM, and more. Plus, the Inflight splash page will have quick links to news, music, shopping and services directly applicable to Alaska Air. After the free trial, the airline will determine how much to charge for the service based on customer feedback. Tell them to keep it cheap.
Let's just pray that having this type of connectivity silences all discussion about allowing cell phones on flights. Hit the Continue link to see the service in action.
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Alaska Airlines via Electronista
By Blair at 3:47 PM ON 02/27/09
I do not think that route choice is odd at all. Seattle is Alaska's headquarters and service hub.
Furthermore the business travel between Seattle and Silicon Valley, in my opinion, is more likely to utilize inflight WiFi than other demographics.
By AlaskaAlex at 6:10 PM ON 03/03/09
Your article is incorrect. There is one aircraft equipped for the test right now. It's first flight for the public test was between Seattle and San Jose. After that, it will fly all over much of the Alaska route system, including the state of Alaska.
By Jesse 11 at 9:03 PM ON 03/21/09
I think that they should have the service between Seattle and Los Angeles, that is one of the most traveled flights!
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