Boeing shuts down only commercial broadband internet service
Aerospace giant Boeing says it is abandoning its high-speed broadband service to airlines after being unable to find a buyer for it.
Connexion by Boeing will shut down by the end of the year. It was the only in-flight internet service offered to commercial airline travelers.
Said Jennifer Urbaniak, a spokeswoman for Lufthansa, which was Connexion’s first customer:
“We are disappointed because it is something that our customers have enjoyed.”
“Regrettably, the market for this service has not materialized as had been expected,” said Boeing CEO Jim McNerney in a statement.
Cost of the service was $26.95 a day, which some observers said was too high. Critics complained that Boeing did not give the service enough time to gain an audience, but the airline said has invested “substantial time, resources and technology” in an effort to make it work.
Cheaper alternatives are expected to be developed in the near future.
Report by David Wilkening
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