JAL to offer inflight Internet service - The Pulse - Japan Air Lines Company Ltd - Brief Article

Japan, Inc., Sept, 2002

Japan Airlines will add Boeing's new high-speed Internet connection to 10 of its planes. The service called Connexion by Boeing relies on satellites and ground-based links to provide in-air Internet connections and broadcast feeds from television networks. According to ZdNet, the company will start the service by the end of 2004.

ZdNet says that the service will allow passengers to view headline news, weather reports and contents that are either sent to and stored on the company's inflight servers or on their own PCs and PDAs. Passengers will also be able to retrieve and send email messages. Some of these services will be charged for, the report says. JAL will be the third airline to introduce the service. British Airways and German airline Lufthansa plan to roll out the service in test programs early next year.