Spirit airlines will add Wi-Fi to all its planes by 2019
Budget airline Spirit will start offering Wi-Fi on its flights sometime later this year, the company announced today. Access will cost an “average price of $6.50” per flight, depending on bandwidth options and what route you’re flying. Spirit will use Ka-band high-speed satellites which should provide a fast enough connection for streaming. The rollout should be complete by summer 2019.
Spirit says the Wi-Fi experience will get even faster in the next few years since the communications group it’s working with will have access to next-generation satellites from SES. Of course, it will face tough competition between now and then, since major airlines all offer some form of “basic economy” fare that threatens the “ultra-low cost” sales…
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