United Airlines imayambitsa ntchito ya satellite ya Wi-Fi

CHICAGO, Ill. - United Airlines yakhazikitsa maulumikizidwe a intaneti a Wi-Fi pa satana pa ndege yoyamba yapadziko lonse lapansi, kukhala ndege yoyamba ku United States yonyamula katundu kumayiko ena kupereka mwayi kwa makasitomala kuti azitha kulumikizana akamayenda maulendo ataliatali kutsidya lanyanja. njira.

Ndegeyo, ya Boeing 747 yokhala ndi ukadaulo wa satellite ya Panasonic Avionics Corporation ya Ku-band, imagwiritsa ntchito njira za trans-Atlantic ndi trans-Pacific.

Kuphatikiza apo, United yapanga Ku-band Kanema Wi-Fi pa ndege ziwiri za Airbus 319 zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito njira zapakhomo, zomwe zimapatsa makasitomala ntchito yapaintaneti yofulumira kuposa ukadaulo wa air-to-ground (ATG). Kampaniyo ikuyembekeza kutsiriza kukhazikitsa kwa satellite ya Wi-Fi pa ndege zazikulu 300 kumapeto kwa chaka chino.

"Ntchito ya Wi-Fi yochokera pa satelayiti imatithandiza kuti tizitha kutumikira bwino makasitomala athu ndikuwapatsa zambiri zomwe akufuna pa ndege yapadziko lonse lapansi," atero a Jim Compton, wachiwiri kwa wapampando komanso wamkulu wopeza ndalama ku United. "Ndi ntchito yatsopanoyi, tikupitiriza kupanga ndege zomwe makasitomala akufuna kuwuluka."

Makasitomala ali ndi kusankha kwa ma liwiro awiri: Yokhazikika, yotsika mtengo poyambira $3.99 ndi $14.99 kutengera nthawi yowuluka, ndi Kuthamanga, yotsika mtengo poyambira $5.99 ndi $19.99 ndikupereka liwiro lotsitsa mwachangu kuposa Standard.

United idzakhazikitsa Wi-Fi yochokera pa satellite pa Airbus 319 ndi ndege 320, komanso pa ndege za Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 ndi 787. Makasitomala azitha kugwiritsa ntchito zida zawo zopanda zingwe monga ma laputopu, mafoni anzeru ndi matabuleti omwe ali m'ndegezo kuti alumikizane ndi intaneti pogwiritsa ntchito hotspot yapaulendo.

United ikukweza zombo zake ndi ndalama zopitilira $550 miliyoni pazowonjezera zina, kuphatikiza:

Kupereka ndege zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi zokhala ndi mipando ya bedi lathyathyathya, zokhala ndi ndege zopitilira 175 zokhala ndi mabedi athyathyathya a madigiri 180 m'makabati apamwamba ndege ikamaliza kukhazikitsa gawo lachiwiri.

Kukulitsa mipando yowonjezereka ya Economy Plus kuti mupereke mipando yotereyi kwa wonyamula aliyense waku US.

Kukonzanso gulu la "ps" la ndege zomwe zimawuluka pakati pa New York Kennedy ndi Los Angeles ndi San Francisco, zopereka kanyumba kapamwamba kokhala ndi mabedi athyathyathya, intaneti ya Wi-Fi, komanso zosangalatsa zomwe anthu amafunikira pampando uliwonse.

Kupititsa patsogolo zosangalatsa zamtundu wa inflight ndikutsitsa makanema pagulu la Boeing 747-400.

Kubwezeretsanso nkhokwe zam'mwamba pa ndege 152 za ​​Airbus, kulola kusungirako kokulirapo kwa katundu wonyamula.