All hail the laggard! With pretty much each other US-based legacy carrier already on board, we were beginning to wonder if American Airlines even got the memo that in-flight WiFi was in serious demand. At long last, the company has made clear that it plans to equip more than 300 MD-80 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft used primarily in the United Says with high-speed WiFi capability (over the next two years). If you’ll recall, American announced early on that it was game for trialing the tech, but until today, it had yet to make a commitment massive enough to make you consider signing up for its credit card and bankrolling those frequent flyer miles. We’re anticipating more details to emerge soon, but feel free to begin pestering its agents with the whos, whats, wheres and whens.

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American bringing in-flight WiFi to over 300 planes originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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