In-flight Broadband Provider Gets FAA Thumbs Up

Om Malik | Wednesday, April 2, 2008 | 1:37 PM PT | 0 comments

Aircell, the in-flight broadband service provider, conducted its first live coast-to-coast test last week and has received two critical FAA approvals — which means inflight broadband in the U.S. is now quite likely in 2008. The two FAA approvals include a Supplemental Type Certificate, which permits the installation and operation of the company’s ATG network on commercially operated Boeing 767-200 aircraft. Here is my post on Aircell and its gogo Service.

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