American and Virgin Airlines to Offer Aircell's Gogo WiFi Service

Aircell has officially launched its new Gogo product, a WiFi service for planes that can be used to surf the web while flying. The newly named service will soon be available on select domestic U.S. routes flown by American Airlines and Virgin America in 2008.
American Airlines will offer Gogo on its Boeing 767 planes with routes originating from New York. Routes planned for Gogo service are New York to Los Angeles, New York to San Francisco, and New York to Miami. Virgin America has said that it will provide Gogo on its entire fleet of planes, with initial flights including those between San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Dulles International. The Gogo service will be available when flying over the continental U.S. and can be accessed by passengers on the flight as soon as electronic devices are permitted.
The only requirements for the Gogo service is a device that supports WiFi (802.11 a/b/g) and a web browser. Pricing has not been announced, but the new service should be available the first half of this year.
According to Aircell's PR firm, pricing for American Airlines flights is planned to be $12.95 for flights over 3 hours in length, and $9.95 for those under 3 hours. Aircell is said to also be considering day, week, and monthly passes.