{"id":4054,"date":"2025-04-16T01:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2025-04-16T01:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:56:18","slug":"airline-to-start-offering-free-in-flight-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=4054","title":{"rendered":"Airline to start offering free in-flight Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>American Airlines said on Tuesday it will provide free high-speed in-flight internet services beginning in January 2026 in partnership with AT&amp;T.<\/strong><br>.<br>Free onboard internet access has become a key battleground for airlines as they chase high-value loyal customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, Delta Air Lines began offering free wireless internet to members of its frequent-flyer program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American Airlines said the complimentary service will be available exclusively to members of its frequent-flyer program and it was outfitting more than 500 of its regional aircraft for the launch. It estimated 90% of its fleet will be equipped to offer in-flight Wi-Fi services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To gauge the strength of its service ahead of the launch, American carried out tests on select routes this year. The company said the results had surpassed its expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur customers greatly value staying connected while in the air,\u201d American\u2019s Chief Customer Officer Heather Garboden said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the Texas-based airline\u2019s customers are required to pay for in-flight internet access. American also offers a Wi-Fi subscription plan to its loyalty program members, starting at $49.95 a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines said on Tuesday it will provide free high-speed in-flight internet services beginning in January 2026 in partnership with AT&amp;T..Free onboard internet access has become a key battleground for airlines as they chase high-value loyal customers. Two years ago, Delta Air Lines began offering free wireless internet to members of its frequent-flyer program. American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sci-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4056,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054\/revisions\/4056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}