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American Airlines First Class Flight 181 New York JFK Los Angeles Review
American Airlines flies as many as ten flights each day from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles, with many passengers continuing on to far away destinations including Sydney, Australia and Hawaii. Flights from JFK to Los Angeles and San Francisco offer American Flagship Service (AFS) and most utilize the Boeing 767-200 aircraft , which has a three-class configuration with ten first-class seats, 30 business-class seats, and …
United Continental To Invest $500 Million in Lie-Flat Seats, In-Flight Entertainment, and More Overhead Bin Space
At the Global Business Travel Association annual convention in Denver, United Continental Holdings announced plans to invest more than $500 million in onboard improvements to its aircraft.
The planned improvements include adding lie-flat seats to 62 long-haul aircraft, bringing the total number of aircraft with flat-bed seats in the fleet to 185, more than any other U.S. airline. In addition, the company will continue its upgrades to its three-class Boeing 777 …
Exclusive Interview: American Airlines Officials Discuss Boeing, Airbus Deal
Yesterday, after weeks of speculation, American Airlines announced the largest ever order for new aircraft. Would it be Boeing? Or perhaps Airbus? In the end, it turned out to be both. With one of the oldest fleets among major U.S. carriers, American’s ambitious five-year fleet renewal plan meant that no one manufacturer could deliver within the airline’s timeline.
According to American Airlines executives we spoke with, the deal “was literally signed …
Aircell Rebrands as Gogo and Launches Free In-Flight Portal
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the in-flight movie, first introduced on regularly scheduled TWA flights in 1961 using 16 mm projectors. Yesterday, in-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo unveiled its new multimedia platform, which portends the next generation of in-flight entertainment systems.
To mark its evolution from an internet provider to an in-flight entertainment brand, the company has officially changed its name to Gogo. It will continue to use its former …
Lufthansa FlyNet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Updated last on 28 November 2011
Lufthansa’s FlyNet in-flight Internet service, which was the world’s first in-flight Internet service when it launched back in 2004, is back on line.
In conjunction with Panasonic Avionics and Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa launched the second generation of FlyNet in late 2010 on the Airbus A330 aircraft. At the present time, 25% of the Lufthansa fleet has FlyNet on board. Eventually all 99 aircraft in Lufthansa’s long-haul …
Gogo In-flight Internet Slows Down – Review
The Gogo in-flight Internet service seems to be gaining in popularity, but that’s not necessarily a good thing if you are trying to watch a movie. When we first tested Gogo shortly after its launch back in 2009 on an American Airlines flight from New York to San Francisco, we saw download speeds averaging 1.5 Mbps. It was possible to watch videos and movies on the Web, watch recorded shows …
