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Air France gets first mobile-friendly plane
News TAP Portugal is also trialling the OnAir system, while American Airlines and Qualcomm gave a safety demonstration of mobile on planes back in 2004. Air France has announced it is to take delivery of the first of its aircraft to offer passengers in... [04 Apr 2006]
Leader: In-flight connectivity is here stay
Leader The airlines are figuring out how to make the service attractive and both Air France and Emirates expect their first mobile-equipped planes to take off in January. silicon.com has been writing stories about mobile connectivity on planes for some... [09 Nov 2006]
Airlines to replace 'no smoking' with 'no mobiles'
News The overhead 'no mobile' signs will be retrofitted to old aircraft and fitted to new Airbus planes coming off the production line, which will be used by airlines to provide the in-flight mobile phone service. [07 Aug 2006]
In-flight mobile calls set for green light
News OnAir is also calling on the national regulators to exempt the service from spectrum licensing because the system will not interfere with mobile networks on the ground, as usage on planes will be restricted until the aircraft has reached a certain... [28 Jul 2006]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment The key technology in allowing mobile phone use on planes is the picocell. This resistance to mobile telephony on planes has even prompted airlines, such as Emirates' local competitor Qatar Airways, to publicly announce they will not be allowing... [26 Jun 2008]
BA planes get Y2K green light
News British Airways has been given the Y2K all clear, after UK Civil Aviation Authority officials tested one of its planes on a flight from London to the south of France. While fears remain that the bug could cause most damage at airports and air... [07 Jul 1999]
You were only supposed to blow the bloody bug off
Comment No nuclear disasters in the Ukraine, no telecommunications black-outs in South Africa, no long queues of planes on the ground at Frankfurt Main, and the only power outages in France due to storms. The Italians are indulging in some self... [04 Jan 2000]
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]
First mobile-friendly planes to take off in 2007
News BMI will test the business case, usage patterns and social issues around using mobile phones on aircraft on one of its A320 Airbus planes flying out of London Heathrow Airport on various short-haul routes across Europe. [22 Jun 2006]
In-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News No-frills airline Ryanair will be the first fleet deployment of the technology across its Boeing 737 planes. 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... [19 Jun 2007]
In-flight internet deal brings Boeing closer to global coverage
News SCC will also install a base, in the Iribaki satellite control centre to the north of Tokyo, to "create a link between passengers, Connexion by Boeing users onboard our planes and the terrestrial internet access network". [02 Sep 2003]
Will broadband in the sky take off?
News If the same development path holds true for planes, mobile telephony - and in-flight broadband to a lesser extent - is a shoo-in. After all, it had all seemed too promising earlier this year - a number of trials of in-flight mobile and broadband... [23 Aug 2006]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Orange with rage?
Comment Think about those planes, those car rental offices, those internet cafés, those.you get the idea. And it knows better than most that it must protect an asset that is so good that even at the time the operator was acquired by France Telecom, that... [13 Aug 2004]
Leader: Orange vs orange - the juicy details
Leader Witness those easyJet planes. France Telecom-owned Orange maintains it should alone use the colour. One of the big stories of the week has been the looming legal battle between Orange and upstart mobile start-up easyMobile. [23 Feb 2005]
Ryanair gives in-flight mobile access
News Planes will be fitted with a pico cell — a GSM antenna in the ceiling of the aircraft which allows phones to connect to the satellite link. Air France will be the first airline to trial OnAir's satellite-based technology early next year, followed... [30 Aug 2006]
