Posted: 23rd Jul, 2009 By: MarkJ
Six of the Flybe airline's 12 passenger lounges have now been equipped with BT Openzone's broadband wireless ( Wi-Fi ) Hotspot services, allowing customers access to the Internet. The airline’s lounges in Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gatwick and Glasgow have all been updated.
The service is free to 4.8 million BT broadband customers with inclusive BT FON Wi-Fi minutes, BT Openzone subscribers, plus O2 iPhone and Mobile Broadband users with access included within their contracts. Other travellers can buy a BT Openzone voucher online at
http://www.btopenzone.com .
Jim Eaton-Terry, Product Manager for Flybe, said:
“Flybe lounges allow you to enjoy complimentary drinks and snacks and now stay connected using the wireless Internet now available in all our lounges.”
BT claims to be seeing huge demand for Wi-Fi in the leisure and hospitality sector. Customers can also connect via 400,000 residential and commercial hotspots in the UK and Ireland including BAA airports, BA lounges, Caffè Nero, Hilton, Thistle and Ramada Jarvis hotels and Starbucks coffee stores.