Enjoy Free In-Flight Wi-Fi Now Through September
Japan Airlines and Nippon Airways will offer Wi-Fi service on their international flights
Japan's two main airlines (JAL and ANA) will begin providing Wi-Fi on some international flights as early as the next month.
As reports JAL, it will start offering Wi-Fi from July 15 on flights between Tokyo and New York. A one-hour plan will cost US$11.95, while 24 hours of access will cost US$21.95. The Wi-Fi will be offered for free through September for first class and other elite passengers.
The service will be offered on the New York route every other day until Aug. 5, then on every flight. In late August, Wi-Fi will be expanded to flights from Tokyo to Los Angeles and Chicago, and in October flights to Jakarta will also as well.
All Nippon Airways says its Wi-Fi service will go live in the middle of next year, initially on its international routes served by certain Boeing 777 and Boeing 767 aircraft.
Despite the early promise of such services, Wi-Fi has yet to become a mainstream for airlines and passengers, in part due to the cost. JAL will be using a service provided by T-Mobile. ANA will use service provider OnAir, which uses satellites to provide its connections and lists British Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines among its customers.
JAL has rebounded strongly from its 2010 bankruptcy and years of safety mishaps, and is now booking strong profits under the leadership of Kazuo Inamori, the founder of electronics maker Kyocera and of KDDI, Japan's No. 2 mobile operator.
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