I read an interesting article the other day; Google has teamed up with three major airlines and plans to offer Google Chrome and free in-flight internet service during the holiday season. Google has signed a deal with Delta, AirTran and Virgin America to provide free Gogo inflight Internet access to passengers November 20th through January 2nd of 2011. The service will be available on more than 700 planes and allow customers to surf the web and check email. This looks like a pretty big deal for Google, I guess we will have to wait and see how it all pans out.
Good to know! I can't wait for the day when wifi is available as a complimentary service. I recently heard Porter Gale, VP Marketing at Virgin America, speak and I was amazed by their low budget for marketing compared to other airlines. To make up for this they focused on making business deals like the one with Google to spread awareness and increase customer satisfaction. It's like open-business-sourcing-innovation. Virgin does not fly out of MSP airport yet but I have been hoping to win one of the contests they host on their twitter page. You can follow them on twitter too - http://twitter.com/virginamerica.
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