One-Third of the US Fleet Now Has Wi-Fi

I've written about in-flight Wi-Fi plenty of times before, but this PC Magazine article got me thinking about it again. According to them, about a third of the US fleet is now equipped with Wi-Fi.

That's pretty impressive for something that's only about two years old, methinks.

For full-fleet installs, however - there's a ways to go. It's only still AirTran and Virgin America. But Delta is getting close to having the mainline domestic fleet done. American is slowly making progress. United only has Wi-Fi on its p.s. flights but says it is considering more. Frontier will have the E-Jet fleet done soon. Alaska will have its entire fleet done by the end of the year. Southwest is now moving along with Row 44 and should be done by the end of 2012. US Airways has the entire A321 fleet equipped.

What I'm getting at is that Wi-Fi has become big. But I wonder how many people actually use it? Gogo has remained mum on the topic. Does it actually influence someone's purchase decision? If an airline is behind will that eventually have a negative effect on their bottom line?

Have you used in-flight Wi-Fi? How often do you plan to use it?