That group comprises more than 1, 000 aircraft across Air Canada, AirTran Airways (which recently merged with Southwest Airlines), Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America.

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The data comes from Aircell, an Illinois-based broadband provider that provides a wi-fi service called Gogo to Air Canada, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America.

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Using the Gogo exclusive network and services, passengers with laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices can get online on more than 1, 500 commercial aircraft including all domestic AirTran Airways and Virgin America flights, all domestic mainline Delta Air Lines flights and select Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, and US Airways flights.

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