JetBlue provides e-mail and YM services on flights

The low-cost airline JetBlue of the United States has equipped its Airbus A320 aircraft with wireless Internet connections right on the flight, along with Yahoo and BlackBerry services.

JetBlue also established partnerships with Yahoo and Research In Motion, the US-based Black Berry service provider, to provide passengers with YM chat services and BlackBerry email messages right on the flight. The low-cost carrier is considering viewing Airbus A320 flights (nicknamed "BetaBlue") as an initial test of expanding its communications service options on flights.

Passengers will not be able to access every website, but with laptops that integrate Wi-Fi technology, they can use low-capacity versions of Yahoo e-mail and YM services. BlackBerry users with Wi-Fi-enabled phones (BlackBerry 8820 and BlackBerry Curve 8320) will also have access to their personal and business mailboxes.

JetBlue's Airbus320 aircraft

BlackBerry models that only have mobile networks will not be able to use this service, because the US Federal Communications Department still has a ban on mobile services on flights.

JetBlue will launch the first betaBlue flight test next Tuesday morning, on a cross-country flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to San Francisco International Airport.

Earlier this year, JetBlue representatives revealed that they are focusing on exploiting messaging and e-mail services on the flight, but are dependent on the US Federal Ministry of Communications easing. Strict rules for road management.

Broadband Internet service on the flight is another story. Connexion, a Boeing flight broadband service, has been deployed in several European and Asian airlines such as Lufthansa (Germany) and Singapore Airlines, before being officially terminated at the end of the year. 2006.

Huy Phong