Air-bound travelers this holiday season will find that they don’t have to worry about being disconnected from the Internet, even for a few hours. The Google Chrome browser team has joined with three airlines to offer free in-flight WiFi on more than 700 planes for approximately 15 million passengers this holiday season.
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This is the second year in a row that Google has offered free WiFi, with the program expanding this year to three airlines – AirTran, Delta and Virgin America.
According to the Free Holiday WiFi website, the deal with last from November 20, 2010 through January 2, 2011. To connect, simply search for the Gogo Inflight network and connect your device.
As Google notes in its press release, if flying used to be your excuse to disconnect, it will be no more:
Not too long ago, flying home for the holidays meant disconnecting for several hours until you touched down at your destination. Today, Wi-Fi technologies allow us to stay connected even at 30,000 feet above the ground, so we can read the news, browse the web (to beat the long-haul boredom) and send that last-minute planning email before the family reunion. This holiday season, there will be more connected flyers than ever before.
Personally, I never found flying all that relaxing in the first place, so having some WiFi to pass the time and get some work done sounds great. I’d rather spend my disconnected time on the ground and with friends and family then on a plane. Cheers, Google.
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