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US Airways launches Gogo Inflight Internet
Nine months after their initial announcement, US Airways and Gogo Inflight Internet have started offering wireless Internet access on the first aircraft in the US Airways fleet.
The service is currently installed on five Airbus A321 planes - and by June 1st, it'll be available on all 51 Airbus A321's.
Passengers boarding a US Airways A321 can tell whether their plane is one of the lucky five by keeping an eye out for a W-Fi symbol by the boarding doors. In addition to this, information will be placed in the seat back pocket, and flight attendants will make announcements once the plane reaches 10,000 feet.
From today, through June 1st, first time Gogo users will get a free session when they create a profile and US Airways will be offering complimentary access to everyone on their Gogo equipped planes from June 1st through June 8th.
Access starts at just $4.95 for flights under 1 ½ hours. US Airways has a mini-site with information available at usairways.com/gogo which is where you'll find a more comprehensive pricing chart.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
debbie Mar 30th 2010 5:33PM
4.95 for a flight thats under 1 1/2 hours? After accounting for ascent and descent time when you arent allowed to use your electronic devices, you will be lucky to be online for an hour!! whats worse is that when you click on the USAIR website, youll find that its 13.95 to use a laptop online for a flight over 3 hours in duration.thats an insane amount of money.As it is now, I put my IPOD on and blast the music so I cant hear the noises your decrepit planes make.(unfortunately,I dont always get to choose my carrier) Many are old rattletraps, and you dont need a mechanic's ASE certification to know that something doesnt sound right in the engines. keep your flights, US Air.....youre on you way down and out.
Angiebaby Mar 30th 2010 6:12PM
I think they may be on to something. A limit of 2 free in-flight drinks and a little GoGo on the Internet, and US Airways would have some happy effen' passengers let me tell you!
Mark Hatfield Mar 30th 2010 7:27PM
Airtran has had this on all of their airplanes for more than 2 years!