Article Continued BelowEquipping a plane with Wi-Fi is not “an inexpensive procedure” as Jason Rabinowitz, airline research director with Routehappy, points out. It’s the reason why many charter carriers, who lease their aircraft, don’t offer Wi-Fi. Gogo is a supplier of in-flight connectivity and wireless entertainment systems and Air Canada is part of a group of 17 airlines around the globe partnered with Gogo. WestJet Connect is a satellite-linked wireless internet entertainment system developed by Panasonic. Eighty-four of the airline’s Boeing 737s, four 767s and all of its future Boeing aircraft will include the same system.

Source: thestar March 22, 2017 11:48 UTC