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China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News China's Shenzhen Airlines has fitted its planes with communications technology that will allow passengers to use their mobile phones to make voice calls and send email and SMS messages during flights. [03 Sep 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... [18 Apr 2007]
Ryanair gives in-flight mobile access
News Ryanair plans to allow passengers mobile access to voice and text communications on all of its flights from the middle of 2007. When asked about the cost of the service, Ryanair said that it would "mirror" international... [30 Aug 2006]
Airlines to replace 'no smoking' with 'no mobiles'
News The technology, developed by Airbus and Sita joint venture OnAir, will allow passengers to make in-flight mobile calls and send text messages on short-haul flights across Europe at a cost of around $2.50... [07 Aug 2006]
Air France gets first mobile-friendly plane
News The system will get its run out on short haul flights to Europe and north Africa. Many more airlines are looking at in-flight wi-fi deployments, including United Airlines and Lufthansa, the latter with a live service on... [04 Apr 2006]
United to take off with in-flight Wi-Fi
News If that is received, the airline will initially offer the Wi-Fi service only on domestic US flights on the 757-200 but plans to eventually make it available on all domestic and international flights.... [23 Jun 2005]
Group sets up high-flying broadband subsidiary
News The new company will develop a system to allow airline passengers to make wireless calls on their own mobiles during flights. This gives a potential market of between $5bn and $8bn, says the US aircraft... [22 Jul 2004]
Boeing connects business travellers in the air
News The system, to be called Connexion by Boeing, will be introduced to Domestic US flights at the end of this year and subsequently to European flights. Boeing's partners for this venture... [28 Apr 2000]
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