I-United Airlines yethula isevisi ye-Wi-Fi esekelwe kwisathelayithi

I-CHICAGO, Ill. – I-United Airlines yethule uxhumano lwe-inthanethi lwe-Wi-Fi olusekelwe kusathelayithi endizeni yokuqala yezwe lonke, ibe ngeyokuqala inkampani yezindiza ezinze e-US enikeza amakhasimende ikhono lokuhlala exhumekile ngenkathi ehamba uhambo olude phesheya kwezilwandle. imizila.

Indiza, i-Boeing 747 ehlotshiswe ngobuchwepheshe besathelayithi ye-Panasonic Avionics Corporation ye-Ku-band, isebenza ngemizila ye-trans-Atlantic kanye ne-trans-Pacific.

Ukwengeza, i-United ifake i-Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi ezindizeni ezimbili ze-Airbus 319 ezisebenzela imizila yasekhaya, enikeza amakhasimende isevisi ye-inthanethi esheshayo kunobuchwepheshe be-air-to-ground (ATG). Le nkampani ilindele ukuthi iqedele ukufakwa kwe-Wi-Fi esekwe kwisathelayithi ezindizeni ezinkulu ezingu-300 ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.

“Isevisi ye-Wi-Fi esekelwe isathelayithi isenza sikwazi ukusebenzela amakhasimende ethu kangcono futhi siwanikeze okwengeziwe kwalokho akufunayo endizeni yomhlaba wonke,” kusho uJim Compton, iphini likasihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu semali engenayo e-United. “Ngale sevisi entsha, siyaqhubeka nokwakha inkampani yezindiza amakhasimende afuna ukuyindiza.”

Amakhasimende anokuzikhethela izivinini ezimbili: Okujwayelekile, okunentengo ekuqaleni ephakathi kuka-$3.99 no-$14.99 kuye ngesikhathi sokuhamba kwendiza, futhi Okusheshisiwe, okunentengo ekuqaleni okuphakathi kuka-$5.99 no-$19.99 futhi kuhlinzeka ngesivinini sokulanda esisheshayo kune-Standard.

I-United izofaka i-Wi-Fi esekelwe kusathelayithi ezindizeni ze-Airbus 319 kanye ne-320, nasezindizeni ze-Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 kanye ne-787. Amakhasimende azokwazi ukusebenzisa izisetshenziswa zawo ezingenantambo njengamakhompyutha aphathekayo, amafoni ahlakaniphile namathebulethi akulezo zindiza ukuze axhumane nesevisi ye-inthanethi esebenzisa i-hotspot yasendizeni.

I-United ithuthukisa umkhumbi wayo ngemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-550 zamaRandi ekuthuthukisweni okwengeziwe okungaphakathi, okuhlanganisa:

Inikezela ngendiza enkulukazi emhlabeni enezihlalo ezinemibhede eyisicaba, enezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-175 ezinemibhede engu-180-degree flat kumakhabethe aphambili uma inkampani yezindiza isiqedile ukufakwa kwikota yesibili.

Ukunweba izihlalo ze-extra-legroom Economy Plus ukuze kuhlinzekwe ngendawo yokuhlala enjalo kunoma iyiphi inkampani yenethiwekhi yase-US.

Ukuvuselela uxhaxha lwezindiza ze-transcontinental "ps" ezindiza phakathi kwe-New York Kennedy ne-Los Angeles ne-San Francisco, zinikeza ikhabethe elithuthukisiwe elinemibhede eyisicaba ngokuphelele, isevisi ye-inthanethi ye-Wi-Fi, nokuzijabulisa komuntu siqu okudingeka kakhulu kuzo zonke izihlalo.

Ukuthuthukisa izinketho zokuzijabulisa kwendiza ngokusakaza okuqukethwe kwevidiyo kumikhumbi ye-Boeing 747-400.

Ukufaka kabusha imigqomo ephezulu ezindizeni eziyi-152 ze-Airbus, okuvumela indawo enkulu yokugcina impahla ogibela nayo.