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The airline industry seems to be pushing for ever more bandwidth on their aircraft. An early pioneer in this is Lufthansa which was among the first airlines to sign up for Boeing Connexion. Even after that program was abandoned, Lufthansa stayed committed to in-flight...

We updated our un-scientific survey, asking respondents how much they value in-flight access to the Internet.  Click the link to see how we ask about this.  Please feel free to participate if you're interested. Clearly results vary by many factors - like flight length...

Runwaygirl Network Founder and Editor Mary Kirby thinks the impact of connectivity and cabin automation will save airlines a lot of money.  The impact from a reduction in credit card losses from on-board sales alone is a huge number.  

Here's an interesting twist. Continental was toying with LiveTV at one stage for connectivity.  United was testing Gogo.  Today the following PR made it official; "United Continental Holdings, Inc. today announced that it selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation to...