The Beijing-based carrier is the country’s first airline to take Wi-Fi to the skies, though a number

The Beijing-based carrier is the country's first airline to take Wi-Fi to the skies, though hotels spain mallorca a number of other Chinese airlines -- such as Shenzhen Air, China Eastern and China Southern -- have announced similar plans in the past. Wi-Fi intranet for now
According to the recent posts on Air China's official Weibo page , the company has finished installing Wi-Fi devices on a Boeing 737-800, which is flying today. But the carrier is only able to provide Wi-Fi intranet at this stage.
This means passengers won't be able to use Wi-Fi to communicate with the ground, whether emailing, web surfing or microblogging. Instead, they can connect to Air China's local network for watching movies, listening hotels spain mallorca to music or reading information.
An anonymous aviation insider told Oriental Morning Post that the water-test of Wi-Fi intranet is Air China's first step in connecting aircraft with the ground. And the company has signed an agreement with China Telecom in order to push forward in-flight calls and web surfing. On domestic hotels spain mallorca flights, free of charge
The same insider explained that the Chinese aviation authorities have yet to recognize the legitimacy of in-flight Wi-Fi internet or intranet, and the central government has yet to set up any rules on the new aviation trend.