Airlines have hit fliers with a lot of additional charges these days. They charge for food, drinks and checking bags. JetBlue even said it would dispense with complimentary disposable pillows and start charging $7 for a take-home pillow-and-blanket set.

On Tuesday, however, Delta Airlines announced a service that few citizens should complain about paying for: Wi-Fi. While a number of other airlines have been trumpeting World Wide Web availability, so far that’s been a special service available only in

business class and first class. Delta is the first airline to offer Wi-Fi in coach.

The cost will be $9.95 for a flight of three hours or less, or $12.95 for a longer flight. Service will be provided by Aircell, which is plus working with American Airlines and Virgin America to supply wireless World Wide Web access. The system, which will be available on all continental flights, will be rolled out […]

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