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Wireless Internet Launched on Lufthansa FRA - IAD

Posted by chrisd on from the don't-let-the-pilots-surf-below-10km dept.

JpMaxMan writes "On flight LH 418 from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, DC, Lufthansa AG began on Wednesday a three-month trial for a new onboard wireless broadband service that allows travelers to connect to the Internet some 10,000 meters in the sky."

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  1. Most popular comment ? by EpsCylonB · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Commence the in-flight porn jokes...

  2. Lufthansa???? WTF??? by rbabb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This can't be the same Lufthansa I flew from Paris to Frankfurt, and then Frankfurt to Atlanta! Those planes throughly SUCKED! They didn't have TV or in flight movies of any kind. Only 1 sky phone per row. I was spoiled on British Airways to London (Video screen in every head rest, phone/remote in every arm rest, & free unlimited snacks). I can't beleive that Lufthansa, one of the crappiest airlines i've ever flown on, is going to be one of the first to offer wireless internet in flight. It just Boggles my mind.

    BTW, I flew these flights in April of 1999 for reference.