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In-flight broadband business to surge
News The fledgling in-flight broadband market is set for serious growth this year, according to analyst house In-Stat, which predicts the number of web-enabled airplanes will surge from 25 in 2008 to some 800 by the end of this year.
[May 11, 2009, 10:10]
Lufthansa pilots in-flight broadband
News Broadband access has taken off on a Lufthansa flight equipped with Connexion by Boeing's mobile communications service. Flight 452 from Munich to Los Angeles this week became the first commercial aircraft to offer travellers high-speed Internet...
[May 19, 2004, 16:40]
Lufthansa pilots in-flight broadband
Talkback Wi-fi on an eight hour flight, sounds good. Shame about the battery life on my Toshiba!
[May 20, 2004, 12:53]
Lufthansa pilots in-flight broadband
Talkback The battery life of most (if not all) PDAs/Laptops would never last the full flight and to get my moneys worth I know I’d be online 90% of the time I was in the air. The airlines would have to provide AC charging stations but will they charge an...
[May 22, 2004, 12:03]
Connexion by Boeing Successfully Launches Broadband In-Flight Internet Access
White Papers Created to develop an in-flight, high-speed, data communication network, Connexion by Boeing enables passengers to access the Internet in the air. Connexion by Boeing already has garnered high marks for its venture into consumer in-flight Internet...
[August 3, 2006, 0:00]
Airline launches in-flight text messaging
News He added that in three to four years, Singapore Airlines hopes to offer broadband Internet access onboard. The company is currently in talks with Connexion, the Internet technology unit of Boeing, to explore broadband offerings.
[April 25, 2002, 9:47]
Passengers menaced by in-flight mobile comms.
Talkback Broadband with a ban on any voice communications would be a great way of passing time on a long haul flight and should provide a sufficient way for those, who feel they must or are just congenital mobile phone users, to keep in touch without...
[April 6, 2009, 9:06]
Ryanair announces in-flight mobile
News The budget airline announced on Wednesday that it will partner with OnAir, an Airbus and Sita joint in-flight communications venture, which plans to fit the entire Ryanair fleet with technology called Mobile OnAir.
[August 30, 2006, 14:55]
Korean Air sues Boeing over Wi-Fi pullout
News Korean Air is to sue plane-maker Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture Connexion by Boeing. The paper said the airline had spent $400,000 equipping 29 planes to be able to offer in-flight broadband connectivity.
[August 24, 2006, 10:00]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
News Any customer who subscribes to one of BT's consumer high-speed Internet access packages before 20 June will receive a voucher entitling them to a return economy flight to one of 11 airports in Europe and the US.
[May 11, 2004, 11:50]
BT defends free flights offer
News BT has hit back at claims that delays and backlogs have turned its free flight offer for new broadband customers a fiasco, saying that most customers have received their flights and 5,000 vouchers remain unclaimed.
[October 6, 2004, 17:10]
Aeroplane broadband is cleared for take-off
News Aeroplane manufacturer Boeing is one of several operators developing methods of offering in-flight broadband. Clearing this critical hurdle paves the way for global introduction of our high-speed in-flight connectivity service beginning next year...
[July 11, 2003, 11:59]
Lufthansa broadband poised to take flight
News Our advantage over other companies who are trialling in-flight Internet services is that ours gives a true broadband connection. Several other major airlines are experimenting with in-flight broadband services, including British Airways, Singapore...
[March 22, 2004, 15:40]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback My daughter actually wants to go to NY in February for her 21st but I have been told I could not give any BT flight to her and her friend because the application (don't know whether they meant the BT broadband or the flight offer) is in my name.
[October 3, 2004, 10:02]
BT's free flights offer hits turbulence
News Several ZDNet UK readers have complained that they have encountered setbacks when they tried to claim their free economy flight to one of eleven destinations in Europe and the US. BT is adamant that the problem isn't on the scale of Hoover's, whose...
[September 3, 2004, 16:30]
Singapore Airlines takes Wi-Fi in-flight
News Singapore Airlines is hooking up to Connexion by Boeing's in-flight Internet service. However, trials conducted earlier this year by the technology provider indicated that passengers are willing to pay up to $35 (£21) for the service on a flight...
[November 12, 2003, 12:30]
Solar-powered planes for 3G and broadband
News The upper wing of the Pathfinder-Plus vehicle is made up of solar panels, which generate the energy to remain in flight throughout the day. SkyTower claims that the extremely tight turning circle of the Pathfinder-Plus means that the plane stays...
[July 23, 2002, 14:50]
Trains get satellite broadband boost
News Last month Korean Air said it would sue Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture, Connexion by Boeing. The Korea Times said the airline had spent $400,000 equipping 29 planes to be able to offer in-flight broadband connectivity...
[September 12, 2006, 17:35]
Broadband satellite avoids crash and burn
News After jettisoning four of the eight Vulcan engines which powered the initial launch, the spacecraft slowed to 5.5 kilometres per second throughout the second stage, and continued to slow through to the third stage of the launch which was ignited...
[December 18, 2002, 10:48]
Wi-Fi: Coming soon on board US planes?
News Prices for Boeing's Connexion system, which bills itself as the first-ever recipient of a Federal Aviation Administration certificate for in-flight broadband, range from $9.95 (£5) for one hour of access to $26.95 for an entire flight.
[June 6, 2006, 11:05]
