{"id":98880936,"date":"2011-09-30T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/in-flight-wi-fi-will-grow-600-percent-by-2015-according-to-study\/"},"modified":"2018-10-15T08:01:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:01:09","slug":"in-flight-wi-fi-will-grow-600-percent-by-2015-according-to-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/in-flight-wi-fi-will-grow-600-percent-by-2015-according-to-study\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Flight Wi-Fi Will Grow 600 Percent by 2015, According to Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As more and more passengers gain access to smart phones and tablets, the market for in-flight Wi-Fi is about to explode.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once seen as an added commodity, in-flight Internet access is becoming a competitive requirement for most airlines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new study from research firm In-Stat News suggests that in-flight Wi-Fi will grow 600 percent by 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the numbers, airline Wi-Fi revenue will grow from $225 million in 2011 to nearly $1.5 billion by 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The report also notes that simply providing Wi-Fi connectivity won\u2019t be enough to keep airlines competitive in the tech market. As connection becomes the industry norm, the study says consumer demand will shift to extra features and services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/09\/29\/8043544-in-flight-wi-fi-to-grow-over-600-percent-by-2015\" rel=\"nofollow\">MSNBC <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more and more passengers gain access to smart phones and tablets, the market for in-flight Wi-Fi is about to explode. &nbsp; Once seen as an added commodity, in-flight Internet access is becoming a competitive requirement for most airlines. &nbsp; A new study from research firm In-Stat News suggests that in-flight Wi-Fi will grow 600 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98897444,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880936\/revisions\/98897444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}