American Airlines has teamed up with GoGo inflight wireless IFE system called “Entertainment on Demand”
It’s a streaming video service, and as you’ve probably guessed – requires payment to use it.
TV Shows are charged at $0.99 per episode and film $3.99 a pop. GoGo Wireless Services are available in-flight of flights over 90 minutes on AA for $4.95 and upwards. If you run out of time to watch a film, you can catch up with the end of it on the ground at no extra cost.
Thankfully you don’t have to pay to use the Wireless network if you just want watch the Wireless VOD service.
Rollout is beginning on the New York JFK to Los Angeles and San Francisco routes (operated by Boeing 767-200 aircraft), whilst the rest of the fleet is pending – subject to FAA approval, stretching it to the 737-800 fleet and some of the MD-80’s AA have.
Also, this is limited to laptops with WiFi owners. GhettoIFE owners trying to run this on an iPad, iPhone, Android Device or otherwise are left in the cold until GoGo extends the service onto us.
Laptops without WiFi need not apply… and for those of you who are thinking of using this, remember WiFi does chew into a battery’s runtime tremendously. Combine that with video delivery, make sure you have power on your plane, or a freshly charged battery before watching a video on AA.
Or do what the rest of us do, and preload content onto your device first.
