22/10/2009

Virgin has announced it will provide free wireless internet access on its planes and will become the first airline to do so.

The firm's US arm, Virgin America, has got together with Google to offer in-flight WiFi from the middle of November to the middle of January.

It's an offering all the major airlines have been discussing and Virgin's latest move could trigger a domino effect.

British Airways is also now providing its business class customers with Wi-Fi, after initially saying its customers preferred a Wi-Fi-free cabin.

Jeff Aguero, a Google product marketer, made the free Wi-Fi announcement in the official Google blog on Monday.

Google could not immediately comment on whether it would be partnering with European airlines in the near future.