TechInFlight

Artur Bergman of O’Reilly shares his experience on one of Virgin America’s inaugural flights:

Doom

In-Seat Chat

The in-flight entertainment system (IFE) is really cool. I ended up chatting with Xeni, listening to music and playing Doom (on a plane!). For the journeymap, they use Google Maps.

via O’Reilly

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Great “play-by-play” coverage by Engadget.com’s Paul Miller of his experience on the JFK to SFO inaugural Virgin America flight. Includes some good pics of the various IFE equipment on this Airbus A320.

via Engadget.com

For its system, American Airlines is relying on the expertise of AirCell, which is promising to get things up and running on at least some flights sometime next year. Initially, the in-flight WiFi will only be offered on American Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 767-200 aircraft, which primarily fly transcontinental routes. From the looks of it, however, the service won’t be a freebie, with American Airlines saying it’ll announce the cost of the service at the time it’s rolled out.

via Engadget