Connexion Says Jetblue’s New Purchase is Good for in Flight Connectivity.

A few days ago, Jetblue’s in flight entertainment subsidiary, LiveTV picked up the rights to provide domestic in flight Internet access. The terms of the sale prevent the service from going into effect before 2010.

Jeff Pulver has speculated that perhaps JetBlue and Connexion (which sponsors this blog) might join forces to provide the service to users before the end of the decade.

“As a rule we don’t comment on rumors or speculation, so I couldn’t do it if I wanted to,” said Terrance Scott of Connexion yesterday. “The auction winners are both prohibited from saying anything about the auction process during the ongoing quiet period, so armchair speculation is rampant.”

He also pointed out that Jetblue, which operates an all Airbus fleet, has never done anything with Boeing.

But does Connexion have any plans to get into the domestic market in the near future?

“We made a conscious decision not to participate in the spectrum auction, opting instead to focus on maximizing the current global network we operate. However, we have and will continue to monitor the evolution of the ATG technology to see how it matures,” said Scott.

Overall, he concluded, these developments are good for in flight connectivity in general, and that’s good for both Connexion and the traveling public. Besides, he pointed out, “the technology is also only applicable over terrestrial land mass, so it doesn’t/won’t provide US carriers with a solution for their international flights. That’s where we come in.”

“We basically view the air to ground capability as being complimentary to the Connexion by Boeing service.”