Lufthansa to offer broadband Internet service FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) =97 German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday that it= has=20 signed a deal with the Boeing Co. to install broadband Internet service on= =20 its entire long-haul fleet. Starting at the beginning of next year, all 80= =20 of Lufthansa's long-haul jets, including the Boeing 747-400 and the Airbus= =20 A340 and A330, will be fitted with Boeing's Connexion wireless Internet=20 system, the airline said. The agreement follows a trial that started in=20 January, during which Lufthansa offered the service free of charge on some= =20 flights between Frankfurt, Germany, and Washington, D.C. "It makes it=20 possible for business travelers to use their flight time better,"=20 Lufthansa's deputy chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber said in a statement. Airline= =20 spokesman Michael Lamberty declined to say how much the airline would pay=20 Boeing, adding that prices for customers haven't yet been set. Connexion's= =20 service requires installing two antennas on each aircraft, one to transmit= =20 data to satellites and one to receive data. A server and routing system=20 inside the plane relay signals to and from plug-in ports at the seats or=20 wireless networking cards in passengers' laptops. British Airways also took= =20 part in the trial on flights between New York and London. Both Japan=20 Airlines and SAS have decided to install the service on some of their=20 long-range aircraft, but Lufthansa said it will be the first to outfit its= =20 entire long-haul fleet. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.caribbeanfloral.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************