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News The Airbus plane will join the Air France fleet in early 2007, the carrier said. The Airbus 318 will provide mobile connectivity using a system from OnAir - a joint venture between Airbus and SITA - which is designed to operate without interfering...
[04 Apr 2006]
News Another provider of in-flight broadband technology is Tenzing, an Airbus-backed service. Meanwhile, British Airways has backed off from plans to offer in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity, saying the technology was immature and expensive, and calling on...
[06 Dec 2004]
News The budget airline announced on Wednesday that it will partner with OnAir, an Airbus and Sita joint in-flight communications venture, which plans to fit the entire Ryanair fleet with technology called Mobile OnAir.
[30 Aug 2006]
News The OnAir service will be installed across Shenzhen Airlines' full fleet of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft by mid-2009. Benoit Debains, CEO of OnAir - which is a joint venture between aircraft manufacturer Airbus and airline industry IT body...
[03 Sep 2007]
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]
News Lufthansa and Connexion by Boeing have announced that after the recent completion of trials for broadband access on Lufthansa flights, the airline will make the service available starting in 2004 on its fleet of about 80 long-haul aircraft...
[28 May 2003]
News Air France will only be installing the system on one A318 Airbus short-haul aircraft - one of the smallest in its fleet. The in-flight mobile technology has been developed by OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and airline industry IT body Sita.
[18 Apr 2007]
News European regulators have OK'd a venture between plane manufacturer Airbus and communications company SITA to create an in-flight mobile technology, though passengers are unlikely to be able to use it for around two years.
[23 Jun 2005]
News Connexion by Boeing's biggest rivals are Airbus and Tenzing Communications, which have also completed tests for in-flight internet access. Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is a major investor in Tenzing, which develops in-flight messaging services.
[25 Apr 2003]
News Another added radiation may also be a health concern for passengers: "Think of the worst-case scenario - 550 people on board the Airbus A380 using mobiles at the same time. A number of professional pilots contacted by silicon.com have said the...
[02 Aug 2006]
Comment Lufthansa has gained some cachet by being the first carrier (in the airline sense) to team with Connexion by Boeing and bring a service to a long-haul flight (ironically on an Airbus aircraft). There will be a similar system called Tenzing, backed...
[02 Jun 2004]
News Siemens and Airbus have announced a partnership to create equipment allowing air travellers to use GSM mobiles during flights. The pair are hoping for a 2006 launch for the system, with Siemens taking care of the GSM technology, via the planes...
[12 Jul 2005]
News Airbus and airline support specialist SITA have set up a subsidiary to take high-flying broadband systems from Tenzing a step further. Airbus already owns a major stake in Tenzing but SITA will be the majority shareholder of the new company and...
[22 Jul 2004]
News In preparation for large scale deployments, the ESYS research is set to shape the design of the first completely wireless cabin, a project being backed by Airbus, Ericsson, Inmarsat and Siemens. By linking the aircraft via satellite, passengers...
[24 Sep 2003]
News One area that the airlines are finally making moves on is the "promise of mobility" and SITA pointed to the recent OnAir alliance with Airbus and Tenzing as evidence that in-flight high-speed wireless voice and data services are not that far away.
[24 Mar 2005]
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