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Southwest joins Delta and Alaska to offer free messaging.
Southwest joins Delta and Alaska to offer free messaging.
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More and more airlines are banking on streaming entertainment via Wi-Fi to passenger devices.
More and more airlines are banking on streaming entertainment via Wi-Fi to passenger devices.
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Most airlines are moving from terrestrial Wi-Fi to Wi-Fi to offer higher speeds and bandwidth.
Most airlines switch from terrestrial Wi-Fi to satellite for higher speeds and bandwidth.
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Major cruise lines offer in-class Wi-Fi, but charge a lot.
Major cruise lines offer in-class Wi-Fi, but charge a lot.
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Southwest Airlines paid tribute to the state of Illinois at the unveiling of Illinois One, a Boeing 737 sporting an artistic representation of the state flag.
Southwest Airlines paid tribute to the state of Illinois at the unveiling of Illinois One, a Boeing 737 sporting an artistic representation of the state flag.
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Southwest is associated with SeaWorld for Shamu livery
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Southwest Airlines: Presentation of Louisiana One
Southwest Airlines: Presentation of Louisiana One
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Southwest joins Delta and Alaska to offer free messaging.
Southwest joins Delta and Alaska to offer free messaging.
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Send free SMS on southwestern flights; Delta provides free Wi-Fi
Southwest Airlines (which still does not charge for two checked baggage or flight changes) has started offering free messages for passengers, and the Delta CEO has predicted that his company will upgrade to free Wi-Fi. for all passengers – finally.
While major airlines generally prefer to add additional charges whenever possible – for example,
the recent decision of United, Delta and American to increase fees for a first checked baggage of 25 to 30 dollars, which could change in the field of flight communications.
Earlier in September, Southwest began making free messaging available on select Wi-Fi enabled aircraft via iMessage and WhatsApp for customers with these apps. Previously, he charged $ 2 per flight for this capacity. (Messaging is already included for passengers who purchase the Southwest Wi-Fi Combat Service.) To find out if free messaging is available on your flight, visit the airline's In-Flight Entertainment Portal.
Alaska Airlines has a long history of offering free flight messages.
Meanwhile, Delta CEO Ed Bastian spoke at an industry conference in New York in September and made this bold prediction about the airline's Wi-Fi in-flight service: "We're going make it free ". (At present, JetBlue is the only major carrier to have free Wi-Fi.) Delta started offering free SMS in flight a year ago, like Alaska Airlines.)
He did not specify when this could happen, but Bastian pointed out that passengers are increasingly demanding faster Wi-Fi flight and free access. "I do not know anywhere else, except on a plane, free Wi-Fi access," he told the Skift Global Forum.
(Note to Ed Bastian: go on a cruise – most major cruise lines charge Internet access on board, and it's usually much more expensive than on a plane. premium customers on larger ones.)
Bastian said the path to free Wi-Fi combat could be facilitated by new wireless entertainment systems that will dramatically reduce the cost of airline equipment and facilities. He noted that Delta was testing such a system on the new Airbus A220 single-aisle aircraft that will soon join its national fleet.
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