Virgin America First Airline to Offer WiFi on Every Flight

Virgin America announced today that they are the first and only (as of now) airline to offer Gogo In-flight Internet service on every flight. You can surf the web, check email, log onto your corporate VPN – all while flying at 37,000 feet. Basically, what this does is no longer give you an excuse as to why that email didn't get answered. But, will I use this service when I fly Virgin America? You bet!

The Gogo service is available for $12.95 for daytime flights of over three hours, $9.95 for daytime flights of less than three hours, $5.95 on red-eye flights and $7.95 for handheld devices.

Another cool thing…Virgin America has another first for an airline: an air-to-ground Skype video call with Oprah Winfrey which will air tomorrow (Thursday, May 21) on The Oprah Winfrey Show (check local listings). The episode is entitled "Where the Skype Are You?" and Oprah will host a video chat from the First Class cabin of Virgin America Flight VX780 en route from Seattle to Los Angeles. For more on the segment, visit www.oprah.com.