Budget airlines, sky-high calls
By Jo Best
Published: 19 February 2009 15:07 GMT
By 2010, passengers on all Ryanair planes will be able to make calls and send SMSes during their flights.
From today, more than 20 planes flying to and from Dublin will take to the skies offering travellers mile-high talk, text and email functionality using a system from OnAir.
The airline expects to rollout the service to the rest of its 170-strong fleet within the next 18 months.
Passengers will be charged their operator's respective roaming rate for communications during the flight.
To use the service, travellers will need to be signed up with an operator that has an agreement with OnAir. Currently O2 is signed up with the company, which is also in talks with 3, Orange and Vodafone.
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