Lufthansa to add in-flight broadband by 2008 for long-hauls

Published: August 1, 2007, 12:49 pm

Tags: broadband, in flight broadband, in flight entertainment, in flightbroadband, in flightentertainment, inflight, lufthansa, wifi, wireless

Filed under: Transportation, Wireless Lufthansa is apparently joining the airborne scramble to get customers connected, announcing that with the help of T-Mobile it will be adding broadband service to its long-haul flights by 2008. While other airlines throughout Europe are racing to offer in-flight calling for shorter trips, Lufthansa says that "the vast majority told us they don't want this feature," which makes sense, since no one likes a loud-talker in an enclosed space. Instead, the Cologne-based company is rolling out a service which will allow broadband connections for laptops, text-messaging on phones, and wireless email (and data, we assume) on hand-helds, similar to recent offerings we've seen from other carriers. Of course, Lufthansa's passengers could still be annoyed by chatter if someone gets clever and decides to rock Skype on a trans-atlantic trip -- unless the airline has plans for blocking VoIP. Only they know for sure. Read Permalink Email this

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