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InsideFlyer August 2005	Airborne Wi-Fi Picking Up Speed At least eight international airlines have followed Lufthansa's lead and are now offering onboard wireless Internet access on some flights. Passengers are able send and receive emails, join a Web conference, check the news, pay bills and make phone calls.
CFO August 1, 2005 Esther Shein	Wi-Fi in the Sky A number of airlines have rolled out wireless-fidelity services on select flights enabling business travelers to conduct business from 30,000 feet.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Brian Gorman	Boeing's In-Flight Internet Boeing's Connexion is finally a reality, and VoIP should help improve its chances for success. It may take some time before investors start seeing stratospheric profits from the offering, but its long-term prospects look solid.
InternetNews August 23, 2004 Eric Griffith	iPass Takes Flight with Boeing iPass must think the only way to go is up -- in the air that is -- as it signs on in-flight wireless provider Connexion (a unit of Boeing) as its latest Wi-Fi partner.
Entrepreneur December 2004 Chris McGinnis	Keep In Touch Flying on a plane used to be one of the few places where you could disconnect from the world. But with technology pushing its way onboard, staying in touch with terrestrial matters while flying at 35,000 feet will soon be routine.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 Tim Beyers	In-Flight Wi-Fi: No More Nosy Seatmates American joins Delta in announcing pay-per-use onboard Wi-Fi for some of its 767 fleet.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2009 Tim Beyers	Can This Plan Save the Airlines? All big carriers save for Continental Airlines are investing in in-flight wireless access as a revenue enhancer.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 Tim Beyers	Surf and Talk at 35,000 Feet The FCC says it may let Web surfers go wireless on airplanes. But it might allow in-flight cell phone use, too. Everyone from Boeing to Cisco to mega-wireless carrier Verizon has an interest in seeing these developments take off.
InternetNews August 18, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Boeing Disconnects Connexion Boeing announced it is abandoning its Connexion service due to a lack of interest.
InternetNews May 26, 2009 David Needle	Biggest Hassles of Tech and Travel Survey shows most business travelers rely on mobile technology, but not as efficiently as they'd like.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Tim Beyers	Who Needs Sleep, Anyway? Cell phones could be in use on your flight as early as next year, pending FCC approval.
CRM October 1, 2007 Marshall Lager	Something Special in the Air Carriers announce the latest attempt to provide broadband Internet access to airline passengers.
InternetNews April 4, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC: Cells Not on a Plane Cell phone use for American fliers is out for the foreseeable future, but onboard broadband connections are scheduled to debut as early as next year, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
Entrepreneur November 2004 Amanda C. Kooser	Air Campaign Think wireless devices and air travel don't mix? That could soon be changing.
Popular Mechanics April 9, 2008 Barbara S. Peterson	Why U.S. Airlines Still Won't Join the Mobile Mile-High Club Airline passengers abroad could soon find themselves sitting in chatter class. In the past two weeks, regulatory authorities and individual airlines in Europe have taken steps to allow in-flight cellphone use -- not that you'll be able to phone home while flying over the United States anytime soon.
Wired August 18, 2008 Cliff Kuang	Burning Question: Why Can't I Use My Cell Phone on a Plane? Using your cell phone while flying is harder on the cell phone companies than the airlines.
PC Magazine April 17, 2009 Sascha Segan	Make Cheap Calls Overseas The easiest way to make cheap Wi-Fi calls overseas is to use a T-Mobile HotSpot@Home phone.
Inc. September 2003 Anton Piech	Jet Stream E-mail Frequent fliers can now hope to e-mail at 35,000 feet.
PC World July 2001 Yardena Arar	LANs in the Sky: Faster E-Mail, Web at 40,000 Feet A new service promises to provide faster, cheaper in-flight e-mail and Web services...
InternetNews December 7, 2007 Christopher Saunders	In-Flight E-mail, IM Service Takes Wing From JetBlue JetBlue Airways next week plans to begin testing free wireless Internet access, e-mail and instant messaging for its transcontinental passengers, thanks to a partnership with Yahoo and Research in Motion.
Entrepreneur November 2003 Christopher McGinnis	Got Airmail? Soon you'll be able to stay in touch via e-mail, even when you're in flight.
Fast Company David Lumb	iPad Glitch Grounds Dozens Of American Airlines Flights American Airlines began issuing iPads with a dedicated app to pilots and copilots back in 2013 to replace heavy paper manuals and flight plans. Yesterday, those iPads crashed.
Entrepreneur November 2008 Amanda C. Kooser	Wi-fi As You Fly Wireless hot spots aren't just for cafes anymore.
Inc. June 2009 Bob Cooper	Which Airlines Have Wi-Fi? Delta plans to offer Wi-Fi on all domestic flights by the end of September, and Virgin America will by the end of June. Who else is adding Wi-Fi?
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov	Cell Phones And Cancer With so much money in the cell phone industry, it looks like straight answers regarding the risks will be hard to come by.
Fast Company January 2005 Haley & Clayton	Mystery In The Air Are you reading this on a plane? You may want to skip the item about how clean that airline blanket really is.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2009 Tim Beyers	More Pain for the Airline Industry? Draconian security rules could do more harm than good.
Fast Company February 2005 Jena McGregor	Fast Take: Imagination The vice president of marketing and direct sales for Connexion by Boeing, which offers in-flight Internet and email services, says "scenario planning" has helped his team predict the moves of direct competitors.
InternetNews April 7, 2009 Michelle Megna	Wi-Fi Could Pay Off for BlackBerry Storm 2 RIM may be on tap to release the BlackBerry Storm 2 with Wi-Fi, which would keep pace with competitors as the feature becomes integral to growth in the smartphone market.
InsideFlyer May 2011	Miles & More Bonus With the Miles & More Bonus Promotion, members residing in Germany can earn additional rewards when flying Miles & More airlines.
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Robert N. Charette	Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Entertainment Modern in-flight entertainment systems are more than just eye candy
PC Magazine June 1, 2010 Rik Fairlie	Wi-Fi in the Sky If you're boarding a plane to get to your vacation, you may very well be able to browse the Internet
The Motley Fool September 17, 2004 Rich Smith	Airbus Hears You Now Boeing's rival will let you keep your cell phones turned on.
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Michael Singer	T-Mobile Inks Wi-Fi Roaming Pacts The company teams with six international carriers to simplify roaming and billing at overseas hotspots.
InternetNews August 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Online in European Air European low fare airline Ryanair to offer cell phone, broadband service by late next year.
InternetNews August 26, 2009	Wi-Fi Smartphone Sales to Double by 2011: ABI As Wi-Fi becomes an integral part of the smartphone success story, recent data shows the trend is snowballing.
Scientific American July 2006	Cell Phones on a Plane Recent research indicates that there may be sound safety reasons to continue the existing FCC and Federal Aviation Administration prohibitions on cell phone use in the air.
InternetNews May 22, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Boingo Buys First Airport Connection Wi-Fi network aggregator Boingo Wireless announced it plans to acquire wireless airport network operator Concourse Communications Group.
InsideFlyer December 2014	The Worst Airlines? The worst airline was deemed Spirit Airlines at 32.16 percent, followed by United Airlines at 26.6 percent, Ryanair at 19.58 percent, Delta at 15.47 percent and Frontier Airlines at 6.19 percent.
InternetNews May 13, 2005	Nextel Tempts Travelers With Wi-Fi Nextel debuts WiFi HotSpot, a service that provides business travelers with 7,000 hot spots in North America.
InternetNews January 7, 2010	Wi-Fi Direct Already Has an Audience Survey of a thousand U.S. consumers finds plenty of takers for simpler connectivity.
InsideFlyer July 2014	KrisFlyer Joins Ultimate Rewards Chase Ultimate Rewards has added Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program to its airline transfer partners allowing Ultimate Rewards points to be exchanged one-to-one for KrisFlyer miles.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004	Wi-Fi ZONE Mobile educators can now use their WAP-enabled cell phones or other devices to find more than 6,000 Wi-Fi ZONE locations.
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Vonage Inks Earthlink to Wi-Fi Deal Internet phone company Vonage inked a three-year agreement with EarthLink, allowing the Internet access provider to offer Wi-Fi access to customers served by municipal wireless networks.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Will Virgin Save You Money? Virgin America, the newest part of the British Virgin Group, started flying yesterday, offering discounted promotional fares to raise business. For existing carriers, this is bad news. For transcontinental passengers, it could be good.
InternetNews August 19, 2009	Smartphone Wi-Fi Use Quadruples, Sales Up 47% As smartphone sales and Wi-Fi use surge, a symbiotic relationship between the two is causing waves throughout the wireless industry.
InternetNews November 23, 2004 Adam Stone	Wireless LAN Outdoes Wired The money spent on wireless LANs outpaced that tied up in wired solutions for the first time this fall--but Wi-Fi spending still lags behind cellular/telecom wireless.
InternetNews September 14, 2007 Catherine Pickavet	A 'Virgin' Go Round For Sky-High Broadband A partnership between Virgin America and AirCell will allow passengers to remain connected 35,000 miles above ground.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006	Plane Talk About Cellphones With the first U.S. auction for radio spectrum for consumer broadband use while in the air on the horizon, the FCC's overall move in the direction of relaxing the ban on the use of personal electronics during flight has made some folks happy -- and many others worried.
PC Magazine April 20, 2004 Alan Cohen	Points.com You have 5,000 frequent-flyer miles with seven different airlines--which gets you absolutely nowhere. With point.com you could get a reward.