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UK flights grounded by air traffic control glitch
News Speaking to silicon.com on Friday, a British Airways spokesman said: "Because obviously we cancelled the number of flights outbound last night, if the aircraft doesn't go then it can't come back so we... [26 Sep 2008]
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]
In-flight texts to take off in the US?
News A spokeswoman for JetBlue told silicon.com in-flight text messaging could happen in the near future and said if the company allows mobiles on its flights then they will only be used as "silent options" - meaning... [25 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... [18 Apr 2007]
Emirates joins in-flight mobile gang
News Emirates has become the latest airline to announce it will be allowing travellers to use their mobile phones during flights. Emirates will be able to control the system to limit the annoyance factor of mobile addicts,... [09 Nov 2006]
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 per minute. [07 Aug 2006]
Mobiles on planes: Pilots speak out on safety fears
News A number of professional pilots contacted by silicon.com have said the threat posed to flights by mobile phones is minimal and they are confident on-board technology will enable mobile calls to be placed safely. [02 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]
Ericsson crafts in-flight mobile network
News As shown by the flurry of comments filed recently with the Federal Communications Commission, there is a consensus building to relax rules that, since 1991, have banned mobile phone use on US commercial flights. [14 Jun 2005]
Boeing turns on in-flight TV feed
News This summer the company will start offering as many as five TV channels via its satellite-linked feeds, including BBC World, CNBC, EuroNews, Eurosportsnews and MSNBC, on select Singapore Airlines flights. [18 May 2005]
Gates buys into $400m aircraft start-up
News Designed for flights of about 300 miles to 600 miles, the plane, which will sell for $1.3m, will likely be used by companies promoting on-demand flight services. Aircraft like the Eclipse 500, however,... [24 Mar 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 in-flight Wi-Fi takes off next month
News If work hangs heavy over your head and you don't fancy the movie, you can have unlimited access on flights lasting over six hours for $29.95. For short-haul flights, three to six hours, the cost is $19.95. [26 Mar 2004]
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