Flights home have been booked, tickets are appearing on our school calendars and soon we will begin packing for that plane ride back home.
Well, get ready for something new on your homeward flight.
This season Google will be providing free Internet service on Delta, Virgin Airlines, and AirTran.
Over the holidays more than 700 planes will be outfitted with WiFi-enabled devices.
More than 15 million holiday travelers are expected to fly this season.
All domestic flights on these three very popular airline companies will be ready to broadcast their Internet capabilities over the course of your flight.
So make sure you bring your laptop, cell phone or iPod and take advantage of this free promotion.
Many people don’t even realize that in-flight WiFi is an option.
To make this event possible, Google teamed with Virgin America and over fifty airports nationwide to ensure that passengers enjoy their experience while up in the air.
Renee Renna, a UT senior said “The free WiFi on planes is good, since I thought that wasn’t physically possible.”
Using the Go-Go WiFi service, which usually costs $13 per flight, Google is able to broadcast a fast Internet to all the travelers on the plane allowing for web browsing, Skype calls or any other Internet-based applications.
Martin Conroy, a sophomore, was excited that planes have WiFi, but disappointed because he can’t fly Delta or any of the other free Internet airlines on his trip home.
The free Internet will be available from November 20 to January 2.
Get ready to have a more enjoyable flight to and from home this holiday season.
Todd Sanborn can be reached at toddalan@me.com.
Hey there! This post couldn’t be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this post to him. Fairly certain he will have a good read. Many thanks for sharing!