MONTREAL (Septhemba 9, 2008) - I-Air Canada ihlose ukuqala ukunikeza isevisi ye-inthanethi ebukhoma kumakhasimende angenayo kusukela ngentwasahlobo ezayo ngaphansi kwesivumelwano esimenyezelwe namuhla ne-Aircell.
“I-Air Canada iyaziqhenya ngokuxhumanisa iCanada nomhlaba, futhi into ebalulekile yokuhlala uxhumekile namuhla ukusebenzisa i-inthanethi. Kungakho i-Air Canada ithatha igxathu elikhulu eliya phambili ekubeni inkampani yezindiza yokuqala yaseCanada ukunikeza amakhasimende ayo ukuhamba ngendiza, ukufinyelela ku-inthanethi ngoGogo. Ngokubambisana ne-Aircell, nokusalinde ukugunyazwa kwemithetho yaseCanada, sihlela ukuthi ekugcineni sinikeze uhlelo lokufinyelela ku-inthanethi kulo lonke ukuze amakhasimende akwazi ukuthumela i-imeyili, asebenze futhi asebenzise inethi ngesikhathi endizayo, futhi ajabulele ngokugcwele lokho osekuvele kuwuhambo oluphambili,” kusho uCharles McKee. , iphini likamongameli, Ukumaketha, e-Air Canada.
"Sekuyisikhathi eside i-Air Canada ihlonishwa njengomholi wezohwebo, futhi siyajabula ukuthi uGogo aqokwe njengengxenye yalelo su lokumaketha," kusho uJack Blumenstein, umongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu se-Aircell. “Ukwengeza i-Air Canada njengozakwethu omusha wendiza ye-Aircell kanye nekhasimende lethu lokuqala lamazwe ngamazwe kuzoba esinye isenzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando enkampanini yethu. Njengoba siqhubeka nokukhulisa inethiwekhi yethu yase-US futhi sihlola izinhlelo zethu zokwandisa amazwe ngamazwe, i-Air Canada izoba nomehluko wokuba ngeyokuqala.”
I-Air Canada ihlose ukuqalisa ukusebenzisa i-Gogo ngentwasahlobo ka-2009 endizeni ye-Airbus A319 ezindizeni ezikhethiwe eziya ogwini olusentshonalanga lwase-US futhi izofinyeleleka amakhasimende anekhompyutha ephathekayo esezingeni, ene-wi-fi noma i-Personal Electronic Device (PED). Ekuqaleni, uhlelo lwe-Gogo luzonikwa amandla inethiwekhi ekhona ye-Aircell futhi itholakala kuphela e-US ukuze kwenziwe ukukhishwa kwe-Air Canada kusheshe, ukonga futhi kube lula. Ngemva kokuphothula ngempumelelo isigaba sokuqala, i-Air Canada ihlela ukunweba uhlelo kuzo zonke izimakethe zayo zaseNyakatho Melika kanye nezamazwe ngamazwe njengoba inethiwekhi ye-Aircell ikhula. I-Aircell ibheke ngabomvu ukunikezwa kwelayisensi nokukhishwa kwenethiwekhi ye-Canadian Air-to-Ground ukwenza uGogo atholakale e-Canada futhi aqhubekisele phambili ukuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi yonke ye-Air Canada esikhathini esizayo.
