American Airlines launches in-flight Wi-Fi

Posted by Marguerite Reardon American Airlines will be offering Wi-Fi on 15 of its 767-200 airplanes that fly cross country. (Credit: American Airlines) American Airlines passengers will now have Wi-Fi access on some flights. The airline said Wednesday that it has finally launched its in-flight Internet access service via Wi-Fi on 15 of its 767-200 airplanes. The service, called Gogo, will be offered on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles and New York and Miami. The cost is $12.95 per flight. Passengers will be able to sign up when they boot up their browsers. The airline will be restricting the use of voice over IP services, such as Skype, and it will still restrict the use of cell phones in flight. Gogo is a service offered by Aircell, which is also providing Wi-Fi access to Delta... [read full story]