American Air kicks off in-flight Internet service

AMR Corp's American Airlines

The world's largest airline said its passengers on Boeing
767-200 aircraft can pay $12.95 for Internet access on nonstop
flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los
Angeles, and New York and Miami.

Airlines have been racing to get reliable Internet access
on their flights in hopes of gaining a competitive edge in the
troubled airline industry. Other carriers like Southwest
Airlines and JetBlue Airways have made strides in that
direction.

Delta Air Lines Inc said this month it soon will start
rolling out broadband Wi-Fi access for its entire domestic
mainline fleet of more than 330 planes.

Experts have said they expect in-flight Internet to become
common in the industry.

American's mobile broadband service, which is called Gogo,
is provided by AirCell. Each Gogo session includes full
Internet access. Cell phone and Voice over Internet Protocol
are not available.

(Reporting by Kyle Peterson, editing by Dave Zimmerman)

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