Turkish Airlines launches in-flight wifi
Published: 24/01/2012 - Filed under: News »
Turkish Airlines has launched in-flight wifi access on one of its B777 aircraft serving transatlantic routes, with plans to equip an additional 21 aircraft with the technology.
The B777-300ER uses Panasonic’s Planet IFE system, which has also provided passengers with live in-flight TV since the aircraft was launched last year.
Turkish Airlines says passengers will be able to access “high-speed, unlimited internet with laptops, tablets, smartphones or any other device that is WLAN-enabled”, as well as virtual private networks (VPN).
The service will initially be provided free of charge – the carrier says that “After this period, passengers will be able to access the Internet via an access code, which will be available for credit card purchase on board the aircraft via the service provider‘s portal pages”. Details of this charge have not yet been given.
The Planet IFE system has been installed on one B777-300ER aircraft, and Turkish says it plans to “quickly expand the availability of this system to the 11 additional Boeing 777-300ERs and 10 Airbus 330-300 aircraft in its fleet as quickly as possible”.
For more information visit turkishairlines.com.
Report by Mark Caswell
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