Virgin America to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi

Sep 14th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Your days of using a long flight to escape the office are over…but in a good way:

Virgin America announced that it will offer in-flight wi-fi next year. Pricing details haven’t been announced yet, but we can assume it will cost about $20 or so to use the service for a transcon flight. The service will be provided by AirCell, which will also be testing the service on American Airlines next year.

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Matthew J September 14th, 2007 9:28 pm :
I only with they flew to Austin. I can’t think of a better way to travel with power at every seat and Wi-Fi too cool!
Dan September 17th, 2007 7:54 am :
Wifi is great until you sit next to someone with Skype.
Matt September 17th, 2007 11:20 am :
FYI it’s Virgin America, not “American”.

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