Continental Airlines has postponed the installation of wireless broadband capabilities on its fleet, according to a report by
BTN sister publication
Travel Weekly.
"Continental is reviewing options for inflight wireless connectivity in the context of the merger integration planning process," said a Continental spokesperson
in a statement to Travel Weekly. "As a result, we are going to postpone the initial Gogo Inflight Internet installations, which were planned for the 757-300 fleet, so that we can determine our inflight Internet connectivity solutions in the context of a merged carrier. We will announce future decisions about Internet connectivity once they are made."
Gogo is an Internet service provided by Aircell, which has outfitted most major U.S. carriers with such inflight service, including Continental
merger partner United Airlines.
Continental was the last domestic legacy carrier to the inflight Internet party,
agreeing in December 2009 to outfit its fleet of 21 Boeing 757-300s with wireless broadband capabilities. The carrier previously had favored such limited inflight connectivity offerings as text messages and e-mail enabled through the LiveTV inflight entertainment system on some flights.