Both mobile warriors and casual travellers are all too familiar with the difficulty and expense that can be associated with getting an internet connection while travelling. A couple of years ago we covered RovAir’s day-pass wireless mobile broadband service, and last month Finnish Zonga launched a like-minded alternative. Zonga’s mobile wifi rental service uses a 3G wifi [...]

Cathay Pacific Airways and Panasonic Avionics have signed a memorandum of understanding for the provision of broadband connectivity on all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger aircraft. While final terms are still being negotiated, the memorandum of understanding allows the parties to begin developing the plan to provide connectivity for passengers together with promotional, sponsorship and [...]

Google has acquired visual travel guide and tour review site Ruba.com. Based in Palo Alto, CA, Ruba was founded by serial entrepreneurs Mike Cassidy and Arnaud Weber. Ruba.com is positioned as a community that is passionate about finding and sharing the greatest travel places (hotels, restaurants, attractions, hidden gems, etc.) worldwide. Ruba highlighted that for [...]

Jet Airways has launched its mobile site, m.jetairways.com. The new site will offer its users access to a range of information and services on Jet Airways including information on the network, call centre contact details, Jet Privilege programme benefits and privileges and the latest news and special offers. Moreover, guests can also check for the lowest [...]

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, announces the results of an end user study, 2010 U.S. Consumer Choice of Commercial Airlines. The survey evaluates airline preferences among 1,000 U.S. air-traveling consumers who have traveled at least once within the past six months. The survey measures consumers’ awareness of commercial airline carriers (network, non-network, and regional) [...]

More than 430 aircraft on Delta’s mainline fleet now are equipped to offer Wi-Fi service while passengers are above 10,000 feet in the air, and more than 1 million customers have logged onto the digital mile-high club. Read more on tgdaily …

Google has introduced a new feature called remarketing. Any AdWords advertiser can use remarketing to reach users as they’re browsing the web on sites within the Google Content Network. Remarketing is a simple way to connect with users, based on their past interactions with your website, says company’s product manager, Aitan Weinberg. Explaining the utility [...]

Google started experimenting with a new feature, visible to a small portion of users, to help make that process even easier by showing specific prices for selected hotel listings. This new feature will not change the way that hotels are ranked in Google Maps. Google Maps ranks business listings based on their relevance to the [...]

In-flight Wi-Fi, the next big-fee income generator for airlines, is available so far on 711 commercial aircraft, and the number is growing. Eight airlines, so far, have deals with technology provider Aircell to offer its Gogo in-flight service for $4.95 per flight segment and up, based on the length of the trip. The service lets [...]

The Los Angeles Times reports that Southwest will charge for onboard Wifi access : Ding! You are now free to surf the Net — but on Southwest Airlines, you’ll have to pay for it. The carrier that has been flying high by checking your first two bags for free announced plans this week to start [...]

Joshua Odmark tells us on searchengineland the 10 reasons why your website should go mobile. Of course airlines too … 1. Google has a separate index for mobile content. Not only do they have a separate index for mobile content, but also it is fairly empty. The other day I performed a search for an [...]

How much are you willing to pay for your inflight internet connection ? Is the business model sustainable for airlines ? Joe Sharkey tries to give some answers in his New York Times article : EVERYBODY wants to be connected, and most major airlines in the United States have made bets that in-flight Wi-Fi Internet [...]