Travel Technology News.Mar 17, 2008 Demand for internet service during flights has been growing rapidly and it seems that the competition is finally beginning. In recent months several U.S. airlines including American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Continental, Virgin America Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline that began service on 8 August 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards". , Southwest, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. have announced plans to provide internet access See how to access the Internet. on some routes. The airlines will employ different strategies, in terms of delivery Terms of Delivery The part of a sales contract that indicates the point at which title and risk of loss of merchandise pass from the seller to the buyer. See: Incoterms. and pricing, as this new market develops. Mar 12, 2008 American Airlines, Aircell American Airlines and Virgin America plan to provide Internet access via Aircell's gogo service. This system uses EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. Rev A to deliver broadband service at rates up to 2 Mbps while over continental North America. According to Aircell, basic pricing will be $12.95 for cross-country trips and $9.95 for flights lasting less than three hours. American Airlines plans to equip 15 of its Boeing 767s with this technology beginning this spring. They plan to target business passengers on routes between Miami, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles and San Fransisco while Virgin America plans to make gogo available to all passengers on all flights via a seatback seat·back also seat back n. The back of a chair or other type of seating. entertainment system. Mar 12, 2008 Astronics, Thales, Boeing Astronics Selected as In-Seat Power Supplier for Thales In-Flight Entertainment System for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Astronics Corporation announced Mar. 11 that it has signed an agreement with Thales, a leading international electronics and systems group, to develop and supply the in-seat power system (ISPS ISPS - Instruction Set Processor Specifications. Operational hardware specification language. Successor to ISPL. ["Instruction Set Processor Specifications", M.R. Barbacci et al, IEEE Trans Computers, C-30(1):24-80 (Jan 1981)]. ) to be used in conjunction with Thales' TopSerie In-Flight Entertainment (IFE Ife (ē`fā), city (1991 est. pop. 262,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a farm region, the city is an important center for marketing and shipping cacao. According to tradition, Ife is the oldest Yoruba town (founded c.1300). ) system which will be offered on Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner Aircraft. The TopSeries IFE platform is a web-based system designed to support on-demand in-seat audio and video entertainment options, broadband communications with internet-ready capability and in-seat power for passengers' personal electronic devices, such as laptop computers. Thales IFE system has proved to be popular among worldwide commercial airlines ordering Boeing's 787, and the agreement with Thales establishes Astronics as the exclusive provider of the ISPS with the installation of IFE systems. Mar 13, 2008 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways already offers free Internet access via its BetaBlue system, which is provided by JetBlue's LiveTV subsidiary. As the name suggests, this system is in its trial phase and is only in use on a single Airbus A320. BetaBlue allows passengers to use Yahoo Mail and Messenger and check corporate email via Wi-fi devices such as the Blackberry. BetaBlue currently works over the continental U.S. only. Continental plans to use LiveTV to bring Internet access and satellite TV to its domestic flights beginning in early 2009. Mar 12, 2008 Row 44, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines have chosen Row 44 as their Internet access system. Row 44 is a satellite service that will work on any flight rather than being confined to domestic over-land flights like gogo. Alaska Airlines plans to begin trial flights with Row 44 beginning in the second quarter while Southwest plans to outfit four of its Boeing 737s with the technology this summer. Mar 12, 2008 SITA SITA and Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt announced forthcoming installation of air traffic information system Digital-ATIS and an air-ground data link service at Kigali. The technology, which is in keeping with ICAO's Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa, will reduce reliance on voice communications and is expected to be in place by year end. Mar 11, 2008 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Copyright [c] 2008 Pyramid Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. AirGuideOnline.com and AirGuideBusiness.com |
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