Southwest Airlines announced pricing for Southwest Airlines WiFi Hotspot. The airline will offer WiFi at a special introductory flat rate of $5 per flight for any device or flight length.
Southwest is working with satellite-based technology provided by Row 44.
Customers on a WiFi-enabled aircraft will be greeted with the newly designed WiFi Hotspot placard onboard the aircraft.
When opening the Southwest Airlines WiFi Hotspot browser, Customers will be taken to a home page that houses content free of charge. Free content includes a flight tracker, games, shopping on Skymall
and Home Shopping Network, and access to www.southwest.com.
Customers will receive an email prior to their flight informing them they will be on a
WiFi-enabled aircraft. Dallas-based Southwest plans to have 60 WiFi-enabled aircraft by year end and the entire fleet of 737-700s (346 aircraft) enabled by the end of 2012.--Tanya Irwin
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