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Continental Plans Wi-Fi Expansion to 737s, 757s – Will United Follow?

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 22, 2011 2 Comments

United announced today that its fleet of Continental domestic 737s and 757s (over 200 planes) will be equipped with Wi-Fi starting in 2012. Unlike the Gogo land-based system that UA currently uses, Continental will use satellite provider Ka-band, which purportedly will utilize world’s highest-capacity satellite to provide unmatched connectivity whether flying over water or land–an important distinguishing point between "first-generation" Wi-Fi that essentially worked only over land. 

While this is not the first time Continental has announced plans to install Wi-Fi onboard its aircraft, the competitive environment  (American and Delta offer Wi-Fi on most of their domestic fleet) had made it necessary for Continental to embrace in-flight internet.

Curiously, there was no word today about what United’s plans are to expand Wi-Fi beyond its p.s.-configured 757s. United is testing out Wi-Fi on one non-p.s. 757 right now, but it needs to do much better than that in an age when all of its competitors are offering internet connectivity.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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2 Comments

  1. Dan Reply
    March 22, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    DirectTV, Wifi, and Economy+. That’s a pretty compelling coach product. Hopfully we’ll see an announcement that this will be rolled out to the UA Airbii fleet. (And I would think the fact that UACO has continued their relationship with LiveTV to be a positive indicator towards that)

  2. Kevin Reply
    March 23, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    This is awesome. I LOVE the Continental 737-900s. The DirecTV screens are nicely sized, there are 3 bathrooms (3 on a 737!?), and there are lots of first class seats. They just need laptop power, wifi, and E+. They can knock down one of those 3 w/ the announcement.

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