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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]
Wi-Fi: Coming soon on board US planes?
News Air travelers starved for in-flight Internet access may soon find solace, thanks to a Colorado company that wants to offer Wi-Fi service aloft. The idea of in-flight Internet use is hardly new, although its adoption hit snags during the airline...
[June 6, 2006, 11:05]
In-Flight VoIP
Blog With American Airlines having started offering Aircell's in-flight internet access, and several other airlines due to introducing soon, articles on using VoIP in flight now abound. Can we not just say that making a phone call when you are packed...
[August 27, 2008, 9:13]
In-flight Wi-Fi prepares to take off
News More than two years after airlines had to reroute their plans to install Internet service, the idea of offering in-flight Web connections to passengers is again on the carriers' radar. In 2001, Connexion by Boeing teamed with American Airlines...
[March 29, 2004, 14:55]
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]
Airline Internet service ready for takeoff
News Boeing announced Wednesday a venture with three major airlines to launch a high-speed in-flight Web-surfing service, indicating that the in-flight Internet market is taxiing for takeoff. The Boeing Internet unit, called Connexion by Boeing, will...
[June 13, 2001, 17:30]
Boeing's sky-high Net access takes off
News Eventually, Boeing hopes to retrofit 4,000 airplanes with servers, access points and antennas for in-flight Internet access, said Scott Carson, president of Connexion. This story was written on Connexion's plane to demonstrate in-flight Internet...
[February 7, 2003, 8:00]
AirNav Live Flight Tracker
Downloads Have you ever wondered that it is possible to track in realtime any flight over the USA, Canada and other regions of the world with just an Internet connection? Welcome to the most powerful Flight Tracking application available.
[January 29, 2003, 11:37]
US Report: Glenn's returns to orbit grounds Cyberspace
News Astronaut John Glenn may have escaped the Earth's pull Thursday afternoon, but his flight left many Internet users feeling like they were sitting in the middle of rush hour traffic. The flight, which saw former astronaut Glenn return to orbit for...
[October 30, 1998, 14:26]
A Year Ago: NASA plans cosmic Internet
News An airplane flight over Mars and an interplanetary Internet are among the new projects that would be funded under the NASA budget proposal unveiled Monday. Many of the projects won't yield payoffs until after 2000: For example, the Mars unmanned...
[February 2, 2000, 6:01]
Expert: In-flight entertainment needs iPod-era revamp
News Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation expert.
[July 6, 2009, 8:26]
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. Lufthansa's in-flight Internet service was developed in partnership with Connexion by Boeing.
[March 22, 2004, 15:40]
Voyager FreeFlight
Downloads Plus, while it gets real-time data from the Internet, Voyager FreeFlight doesn't require access to the Internet so you can use it on your laptop or Tablet PC in flight. Based on the full award-winning Voyager Flight Software System, Voyager...
[June 8, 2006, 11:50]
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]
Airline industry grounds high-speed Net
News Airlines are instead focusing on cutting costs and flight schedules to deal with a travel downturn. The latest moves have put a temporary kibosh on the movement to let airplane passengers stream movies or get telephone calls while in flight.
[January 24, 2002, 12:18]
Lufthansa pilots in-flight broadband
News Flight 452 from Munich to Los Angeles this week became the first commercial aircraft to offer travellers high-speed Internet access, the Boeing subsidiary announced. Broadband access has taken off on a Lufthansa flight equipped with Connexion by...
[May 19, 2004, 16:40]
In-Flight VoIP
Blog Comment As long as alcohol is served on aircraft, there will be those who get drunk and cause problems (and some who get drunk but don't cause problems), and as long as internet access is offered on aircraft, there will be those who are so inconsiderate...
[August 28, 2008, 9:22]
Handsets World: Stuck in the MID
Blog Home after a flight to Heathrow Terminal 5 (it's all right now, I can bravely report),and I greatly enjoyed the words scrawled on a luggage container being offloaded from my BA flight: "Fly the flag, lose your bag".
[June 11, 2008, 23:59]
Tech giants back new Web services
News A travel Web site could use Web services to connect to airlines, hotels and car rental agencies, allowing a traveller to book a flight, hotel room and a car at the same time. But if the flight request is not successful, the computing system can...
[August 9, 2002, 8:45]
Chris Long's Column: Bill Gates knows I'm a dork!
News It was a long flight made no shorter by the fact that I had apparently been given a child's seat. At the end of the flight was an hour with Bill Gates -- I didn't needed to be rested and relaxed, I needed my head examined.
[May 10, 1999, 9:32]
