According to USA Today, Southwest Airlines is testing in-flight Wi-Fi scheduled to go live next Monday. It will be using a Satellite based service so it should work over water.

Southwest Airlines is my airline of choice for short flights. I’ve been appreciating the free Wi-Fi in most airports, but in-flight internet access would be great. I’m assuming it will probably be pretty slow, something close to what you get when tethering to a mobile phone. The price seems right if they can get it down to under $10/day. Anything more than that I think I can wait until I land.

I don’t really see myself doing real work on the plane, but it would be nice to be able to access email, surf the internet, update my social networks, and write a quick blog post. I don’t have any trips planned in the near future, but would be interested in hearing responses from those that get a chance to try it out.