JetBlue Wi-Fi is coming soon and it’s free, at least at first
Photo Credit: JetBlue has been badly trailing, and not just tailing, other airlines' Wi-Fi efforts, but hopes to catch up starting in 2013. Flickr.com / Michael Gray
Skift Take
JetBlue hasn't done itself any favors with business travelers by waiting for so long to get its Wi-Fi going. The enhanced functionality had better live up to what the airline is promising.
JetBlue CEO David Barger confirmed today that the airline will begin to test satellite-based Wi-Fi on some aircraft during the first quarter, and he said the first installations will be free.
JetBlue doesn't expect to have Wi-Fi available fleetwide until 2016 or 2017, and didn't provide any details on what the service might cost in the future. There has been talk in the past about several tiers of service.
The Wi-Fi service comes from subsidiar
