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Roundup: Southwest tests Wi-Fi, Virgin America launches service to Boston; TripperBus has Wi-Fi too

Virgin America Wi-Fi group shot

Good morning, travelers! It’s Wi-Fi Wednesday for all you road warriors out there.

Airline news | Southwest Airlines has started testing their in-flight Wi-Fi with Row 44. Jaunted has the scoop and makes a prediction that their Internet routes could include Vegas, Chicago-Midway and Phoenix. If you fly Southwest regularly, tell us what routes you’d love to see get connected.

Meanwhile, Virgin America is already catering to Web-addicted laptop travelers. They launched their California service to Boston today, on which there will be Wi-Fi on every flight. Virgin America will have three daily flights between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and BOS, and two daily roundtrips between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and BOS. They are using Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi, $12.95.

Business travel | Those lucky East Coasters get Wi-Fi on their buses. It’s called “First-Class Coach” travel on new buses with electrical outlets and free Wi-Fi. Where? Between Arlington, Va.  (outside of Washington, D.C.), and Bethesda, Md. and New York, N.Y. Promotional fares on the new TripperBus are $1, $5 and $10 one-way. Service begins Feb. 13, 2009.  Note: The BoltBus, which also runs between New York and D.C., also has Wi-Fi.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Virgin America]

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 8:19 am by Jen Leo and is filed under Airline travel, Boston, East Coast, Good Morning, New York, News, Tips & Advice, Travel Technology, Washington D.C.. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

2 Comments on “Roundup: Southwest tests Wi-Fi, Virgin America launches service to Boston; TripperBus has Wi-Fi too”

  1. Jaba Says:
    February 11th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    I’d love WiFi for any flights out of San Diego. Not sure they need WiFi for flights coming into or out of Vegas since most passengers will be too blitzed to work on their laptops.

  2. Nathan Says:
    March 26th, 2009 at 9:00 am

    I flew one of these wi-fi enabled aircraft last week. It was a Southwest flight from Burbank, CA to Las Vegas, NV. You can read about my experiences on my blog.

    http://valleydaze.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/southwest-airlines-testing-inflight-wi-fi-my-review/

    Thanks,

    Nathan

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