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High speed TGV trains get online
News Passengers on select high-speed TGV trains in France travelling eastbound from Paris at speeds of up to 320kmph can enjoy a fledgling wi-fi service for free - but don't expect the free connectivity lunch to last. [26 Mar 2008]
China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News OnAir's service is also being trialled by Air France, the UK's BMI and TAP Portugal on a single aircraft in each airline's fleet. China's Shenzhen Airlines has fitted its planes with communications technology that will allow passengers to use their... [03 Sep 2007]
In-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News Air France will now be the first airline to install the GSM equipment on an A318 Airbus short-haul aircraft and is due to start offering the service from July. For the first three months of the six-month Air France trial passengers will only be... [19 Jun 2007]
MiFID: The unanswered questions
News The BBA's Buttifant said France and Germany are "definitely" going to be late in transposing MiFID to national law. As for the legal situation if companies are not compliant by November, Philip Buttifant, director of wholesale policy at the British... [08 May 2007]
In-flight texts to take off in the US?
News Air France was due to launch an in-flight mobile service last month but was forced to delay it until the summer. US budget airline JetBlue is considering an in-flight text messaging service but does not want noisy mobile phone calls on its aircraft. [25 Apr 2007]
Qantas springs towards in-flight text
News This follows a recent decision by Air France to trial in-flight mobile use. Australia's national carrier Qantas has been given the green light to start testing in-flight mobile phone services. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma... [23 Apr 2007]
Air France to trial in-flight mobile use from July
News Air France will start a six-month trial for passengers to use their mobile phones to make calls and send emails and text messages during flights from July this year. Air France will only be installing the system on one A318 Airbus short-haul... [18 Apr 2007]
Poor data hinders corporate social responsibility drive
News The survey of 150 organisations in France, Germany, the UK and the US by analyst AMR Research found most spending on CSR is around social (33 per cent), environmental (27 per cent) and responsible sourcing (26 per cent). [04 Apr 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in mobile and wireless
News Connexion shut its doors in August but since then, others have been falling over themselves to start selling airborne mobile connectivity, including Air France, BMI and Ryanair. It also saw the launch of mobile TV, some fetching handsets and plenty... [15 Dec 2006]
Introducing the 'mile-high Pods'
News Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United will integrate iPods into their entertainment systems so passengers can watch their own videos, stored on their iPods, on the seat-back screens. [14 Nov 2006]
Mobile calls allowed on half of all airlines by 2008
News The in-flight use of mobile phones by passengers on short-haul airlines in Europe is expected to be approved by telecoms regulators by the end of this year and UK airline BMI has already signed up for trials of a satellite-based technology for in... [01 Nov 2006]
What happened to RFID's baggage-tracking boom?
News Among the flyboys currently piloting the tech are Air France, Delta and Virgin Atlantic. Despite a number of trials and pilots worldwide, the use of RFID to track baggage for airlines has not taken off in the way many industry pundits expected. [06 Oct 2006]
Ryanair gives in-flight mobile access
News Air France will be the first airline to trial OnAir's satellite-based technology early next year, followed by the UK's BMI and Portugal's TAP. Ryanair plans to allow passengers mobile access to voice and text communications on all of its flights... [30 Aug 2006]
Will broadband in the sky take off?
News After all, it had all seemed too promising earlier this year - a number of trials of in-flight mobile and broadband services were underway, BMI among them, and airlines including Air France had committed to a rollout. [23 Aug 2006]
Airlines to replace 'no smoking' with 'no mobiles'
News Air France will be the first airline to trial the satellite-based technology early next year, followed by the UK's BMI and Portugal's TAP. 'No mobile' signs are to replace the outdated 'no smoking' signs above airline seats with the introduction of... [07 Aug 2006]
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