Business Traveller reports that Star Alliance carrier SAS (Scandinavian Airline Systems) is to introduce broadband services on its Boeing 737 flights from April 2011. As these aircraft primarily fly Norwegian domestic routes and services to London, Frankfurt and Paris, it will be limited to a minority of SAS European services. Hopefully it can then be rolled out to the Airbus A320/A321 fleet as well, as I do not expect it to be installed on the aging McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet.
Mobile service is also to be offered, although it is unclear if this is just SMS/MMS or also voice calls. Internet access will be free for business class and economy extra (SAS's short haul premium economy product), but charged in economy class.
It is curious to see Lufthansa introducing long haul internet access, but SAS introducing short haul. Given the Lufthansa shareholding in SAS, will it be that both are testbeds for wider roll out?
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