Connected in thin air

BROOMFIELD – When businessmen charter a corporate jet they expect to have the Wi-Fi and cellphone calling capability that is available on a commercial flight.

Many business executives refuse to fly on charter jets that don’t have Wi-Fi and cellphone capability, according to John Wade, executive vice president and general manager of Aircell Business Aviation Services LLC in Broomfield.

“The reason people fly business aircraft is for the time efficiency, and for a business executive to be cut off from the Internet, is almost an anathema,” Wade said. “I think it has reached the tipping point.…