JetBlue Adding Gate-To-Gate WiFi, More Entertainment
Jan 26, 2016, 11:43 am
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JetBlue Adding Gate-To-Gate WiFi, More Entertainment
http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...nected-In-Seat
Awesome news: JetBlue is upgrading their in-flight entertainment quite a bit in the next couple of months, including full gate-to-gate wifi, more DirecTV channels, and internet built into the seatback entertainment.
Awesome news: JetBlue is upgrading their in-flight entertainment quite a bit in the next couple of months, including full gate-to-gate wifi, more DirecTV channels, and internet built into the seatback entertainment.
Jan 26, 2016, 7:34 pm
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With less seats in the plane! Good to see the pendulum swing the other way in favor of customers! Jet Blue continues to impress! Even with their new minimal baggage fees...
Jan 26, 2016, 8:08 pm
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More seats (162 on the A320, 200 on the core A321) but fewer than the 165 originally promised on the A320. :-:
Gate-to-gate wifi should happen fleet-wide in Q2; new IFE will be in 2017 when the A320s go in for their retrofit. Only the A320 fleet gets the new in-seat IFE kit.
Gate-to-gate wifi should happen fleet-wide in Q2; new IFE will be in 2017 when the A320s go in for their retrofit. Only the A320 fleet gets the new in-seat IFE kit.
Jan 27, 2016, 12:17 pm
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This is all good news. On top of it, JetBlue has really gotten more aggressive pricing out of BOS, so I think I'll be flying them a lot more this year. Not going to lie, free gate to gate wifi sounds very nice. I wonder how long it will be free, or if that piece of the article was a typo. The new IFE system looks great - massive screen for the distance you'll sit from it.
Now here's to hoping the new JetBlue card has a free bag - I'm a bag checker for the foreseeable future.
Now here's to hoping the new JetBlue card has a free bag - I'm a bag checker for the foreseeable future.
Jan 27, 2016, 1:11 pm
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Company wants it to remain free as long as possible. Depends on sponsors and marketing deals, but those are solid for now. I have no idea when they are up for renewal, but the desire is to keep it free.
Jan 28, 2016, 8:43 am
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Also, free FlyFi was mentioned on this morning's call with the note that it should be free "for the foreseeable future."