In two years or so, you might be able to live-tweet your unstable flight attendant experience when flying on budget carrier JetBlue.
Carlsbad, California’s ViaSat is slated to outfit JetBlue’s fleet of 160 planes with internet access in the sky, pending FAA approval. The service is expected to cost between $10-15 million, and the CEO of JetBlue commented blandly on the contract in a release:
“This system will be designed for the 21st century, not just for today’s personal connectivity needs, but with the bandwidth to expand to meet tomorrow’s needs as well,” JetBlue chief executive Dave Barger said in a statement. “Rather than invest in current technology, designed to transmit broadcast video and audio, we elected to partner with ViaSat to create broadband functionality worthy of today’s interactive personal technology needs.”
AirTran and Virgin already offer in-flight wi-fi, and Delta, Southwest and American are working on rolling out the service.
[Boston Globe]
