'Dress Rehearsal' Tomorrow for American's Wi-Fi

In-flight internet will be briefly free on some long domestic flights

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2008 4:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – American Airlines will offer a trial of its in-flight wireless Internet service tomorrow, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. "Gogo" will be installed on 15 of American’s 767s, and available on flights departing New York’s JFK for Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami. Free tomorrow, the service will eventually cost $12.95 on flights longer than 3 hours, and $9.95 on shorter flights.

"We've been looking at broadband Internet for years," American’s manager of in-flight communications and technology said. "Customers, particularly business travelers, are very interested in having this."

Todd Myer of American Airlines and Ben Valley of Aircell collaborate on the first installation of Aircell's Internet broadband connectivity hardware at American's Kansas City maintenance facility. (AP Photo)

A man fills out a luggage tag at the American Airlines ticket counter at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., June 14, 2008. (AP Photo)

American Airlines will offer a "dress rehearsal" of its wireless in-flight Internet access free tomorrow on some domestic flights. (AP Photo)

A woman waits in line with luggage to check in for an American Airlines flight at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on June 14, 2008. (AP Photo)

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