Boeing Co. said recently that the top three U.S. airlines had cancelled plans to invest in Connexion, its planned airborne Internet service, because of a dramatic slowdown in air travel.

The high-speed data service, first announced in April of last year, was to have provided passengers with two-way Internet connections, as well as access to live TV, travel information and news.

American Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Airlines Inc. viewed the venture as a distraction at a time when U.S. air travel is in a slump. Boeing originally planned to equip as many as 1,500 planes to provide the digital services.

 

 

 
   

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