United Airlines e qala ts'ebeletso ea Wi-Fi ka sathalaete

CHICAGO, Ill. - United Airlines e hlahisitse khokahano ea inthanete ea Wi-Fi e thehiloeng ka sathelaete sefofaneng sa pele sa lifofane tsa eona tse pharalletseng tsa machaba, e bile sefofane sa pele sa machaba se thehiloeng US ho fa bareki bokhoni ba ho lula ba hokahane ha ba ntse ba nka maeto a malelele mose ho maoatle. litsela.

Sefofane, Boeing 747 se nang le theknoloji ea satellite ea Panasonic Avionics Corporation ea Ku-band, se sebeletsa litsela tsa trans-Atlantic le trans-Pacific.

Ho phaella moo, United e kentse Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi ka lifofane tse peli tsa Airbus 319 tse sebeletsang litsela tsa malapeng, tse fang bareki tšebeletso ea Inthanete e potlakileng ho feta theknoloji ea moeeng-to-ground (ATG). Khamphani e lebelletse ho phethela ho kenya Wi-Fi e thehiloeng ho sathelaete ho lifofane tse kholo tse 300 mafelong a selemo sena.

"Tšebeletso ea Wi-Fi e thehiloeng ho Satellite e re thusa ho sebeletsa bareki ba rona hamolemo le ho ba fa seo ba se batlang sefofaneng sa lefats'e," ho boletse Jim Compton, motlatsi oa molula-setulo le ofisiri e kholo ea lekhetho United. "Ka tšebeletso ena e ncha, re tsoela pele ho haha ​​​​sefofane seo bareki ba batlang ho se fofa."

Bareki ba na le khetho ea mabelo a mabeli: E tloaelehileng, e rekoang qalong pakeng tsa $3.99 le $14.99 ho itšetlehile ka nako ea sefofane, le Accelerated, theko ea pele e pakeng tsa $5.99 le $19.99 le ho fana ka lebelo la ho jarolla ka potlako ho feta Standard.

United e tla kenya Wi-Fi e thehiloeng ho sathelaete ho lifofane tsa Airbus 319 le 320, le lifofaneng tsa Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 le 787. Bareki ba tla khona ho sebelisa lisebelisoa tsa bona tse se nang mohala tse kang lilaptop, lifono tse bohlale le matlapa a ka har'a lifofane tseo ho hokela litšebeletso tsa inthanete ba sebelisa sebaka sa hotspot se sefofaneng.

United e ntse e ntlafatsa likepe tsa eona ka chelete e fetang $ 550 milione ho lintlafatso tse ling, ho kenyelletsa:

E fana ka lifofane tse kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng tse nang le litulo tse bataletseng, tse nang le lifofane tse fetang 175 tse nang le libethe tse bataletseng tsa likhato tse 180 ka har'a li-premium cabins hang ha sefofane se phethela ho kengoa kotareng ea bobeli.

Katoloso ea litulo tsa Economy Plus ho fana ka litulo tse joalo ka ho fetesisa ho motho leha e le ofe oa US.

Ho nchafatsa sehlopha sa "ps" sa lifofane tse fofang lipakeng tsa New York Kennedy le Los Angeles le San Francisco, tse fanang ka kamore e ntlafalitsoeng ea libethe e nang le libethe tse bataletseng, ts'ebeletso ea Marang-rang ea Wi-Fi, le boithabiso bo batloang ke motho setulong se seng le se seng.

Ho ntlafatsa likhetho tsa boithabiso ba sefofane ka litaba tsa video tse phallelang ho likepe tsa Boeing 747-400.

Ho lokisa meqomo ka holim'a lifofane tse 152 tsa Airbus, ho lumella sebaka sa polokelo e kholoanyane ea thepa eo u ka e jarang.