Transaero performs first flight with onboard Internet access
MOSCOW. Aug 28 (Interfax) - Russian airline Transaero has introduced Internet access technology for the first time on a flight, the company's General Director Olga Pleshakova wrote on her Twitter account.
"Today [August 28] the first flight with commercial Internet access was performed on a Boeing-747," she wrote.
The flight was to Vladivostok. "Now passengers will be able to use Internet services everyday on this route," Pleshakova Tweeted.
Transaero also has plans to provide Internet access on its Boeing-777, which will fly to Khabarovsk, in the near future.
By the middle of 2013, Transaero will outfit 45 airplanes with equipment to access the Internet onboard. It also plans to provide Internet access on 30 of its aircraft by the end of this year.
Out of all of the Russian air carriers, only OJSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines currently has airplanes equipped for Internet access.
Transaero operates 22 Boeing-747, 13 Boeing-777, 15 Boeing-767, 39 Boeing-737 and three Tu-214 airplanes.