Delta to Offer Free Wi-Fi on February 1

<p>Delta Airlines plans to offer fast&comma; free Wi-Fi in partnership with T-Mobile to all customers on board most domestic mainline flights beginning Feb&period; 1&period; The announcement was made at CES in Las Vegas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The airline will offer the service on more than 700 Viasat-equipped aircraft by the end of 2023&period; Delta also announced plans to bring free Wi-Fi on international and regional aircraft by the end of 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delta has been charging &dollar;5 per flight for Wi-Fi or subscriptions at &dollar;49&period;95 for monthly access on domestic and &dollar;69&period;95 per month for international flights&period; The airline also offers passengers free messaging from your smartphone via iMessage&comma; Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At work&comma; at home and everywhere in between&comma; connectivity is essential to daily life&comma; and your journey on Delta should be no different&comma;” said Delta CEO Ed Bastian at CES 2023 in Las Vegas&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our vision has long been to deliver an experience at 30&comma;000 feet that feels similar to what our customers have available on the ground&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Designed to fuel Delta’s vision of more personalized travel&comma; customers will log in using their Delta SkyMiles account or join SkyMiles on the ground or in the air for free to connect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At T-Mobile&comma; we believe staying connected while traveling should be an easy&comma; seamless experience&comma;” said Mike Sievert&comma; T-Mobile CEO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;T-Mobile customers already get free in-flight Wi-Fi and now we’re partnering with Delta to bring that experience to all customers — regardless of their wireless provider — so that anyone flying Delta can enjoy online access from takeoff to touchdown&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delta also announced its plans for Delta Sync Exclusives hub — a new SkyMiles-unlocked mobile platform coming this spring aimed at elevating the in-flight connectivity experience with exclusive offers&comma; access and entertainment from beloved brands that are mainstays of everyday life&period; Delta will launch Delta Sync Exclusives hub later this spring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of February 1&comma; Delta will offer free Wi-Fi on more than 500 aircraft serving Delta’s most popular routes&comma; with full availability across Delta’s global fleet planned by the end of 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers can tell whether they are on a free Wi-Fi-ready aircraft by looking for the new decal below located near the boarding door&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-3665" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;jpq&period;a9a&period;mytemp&period;website&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;free-wi-fi-boarding-door-decal&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"360" height&equals;"356" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;