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Aircell, the company that has taken an early lead in wiring domestic flights for Wi-fi, threw itself a party this morning.

To celebrate wiring its 1,000th plane, the company offered free Web access on a Delta flight from Detroit to Memphis (aboard the DC-9 that was in fact the 1,000th plane). Aircell’s service is known to users as

Gogo

.

“This is a big milestone for our company and for consumers who want to stay connected at 30,000 feet,” said Michael Small, president and CEO of Aircell, in a statement released by the company. “A few years ago Internet on a commercial flight was unheard of, and today it is commonplace.”

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And it’s only becoming more common. But is there enough consumer demand? We examined that question, along with a rundown of which airlines offer the service, in my regular business travel column, Business Class, a few weeks back. Read it

here

.

Would you pony up $4.95 to $12.95 to surf the web per flight?