United Offers Mobile Boarding Pass for International Travelers

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Mar 242011
 

United Continental Holdings, Inc., the parent company of United and Continental Airlines, has expanded its mobile check-in and mobile boarding passes to United customers traveling with international itineraries. Customers may check in at united.com using a Web-enabled mobile device beginning 24 hours before departure. United’s mobile boarding pass option is […]

Continental to Offer Inflight WiFi in 2012

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Mar 232011
 

Continental Airlines plans to roll out WiFi Internet service on flights within the U.S. beginning next year. Continental is working with inflight entertainment provider LiveTV to offer the service via Ka-band. Ka-band is supposed to offer higher transmission speeds for browsing content-rich websites, sending and receiving e-mails and downloading files. […]

Free Wi-Fi in Air this Holiday Season Too

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Nov 082010
 

Google has joined hands with AirTran, Delta and Virgin America to provide free Gogo Inflight Internet to their passengers throughout the holiday season. Travelers flying on AirTran, Delta or Virgin America between November 20, 2010 and January 2, 2011 can enjoy free Wi-Fi on any of their domestic flights to […]

24m Air Travelers Expected During Thanksgiving

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Nov 012010
 

A total of 24 million air travelers are projected to travel on U.S. airlines during the 2010 Thanksgiving season (between Friday, Nov. 19-Tuesday, Nov. 30),  according to industry trade association Air Transport Association of America (ATA). This represents a 3.5% year-over-year increase. Daily passenger volumes this Thanksgiving season is estimated […]

Southwest to Charge $5 for Onboard WiFi

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Oct 282010
 

Southwest Airlines today announced that it’d charge $5 for inflight WiFi access irrespective of the device or flight length. To offer the WiFi service, Southwest has partnered with technology provider Row 44 and began testing WiFi on four aircraft in 2009. Southwest now has 32 WiFi-enabled planes in its fleet.

Opposition Mounts to Google’s Bid to Buy Travel Software Firm

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Oct 262010
 

Major travel web sites including Expedia Inc., Kayak.com, Sabre Holdings and Farelogix Inc. have come together to block Google’s proposed acquisition of ITA Software. These travel sites have formed a coalition called FairSearch.org to persuade the Justice Department to block Google’s latest deal. Here’s an excerpt from the Wall Street […]

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