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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]
Air France wings its way onto the web with Travelprice
News Travelprice.com will promote Air France on its eight sites in Canada, the US and Europe for the next two years. In a statement, Air France claimed the deal was a non-exclusive agreement as part of the airline's international marketing strategy. [15 Jan 2001]
Air France gets first mobile-friendly plane
News Air France has announced it is to take delivery of the first of its aircraft to offer passengers in-flight mobile connectivity. The Airbus plane will join the Air France fleet in early 2007, the carrier said. [04 Apr 2006]
Air France transfers all calls to London
News Air France plans to close nine call centres around Europe and replace them with a single reservations facility in London. Air France said it is centralising its operations to improve the quality of customer service; by having a large call centre... [25 Mar 1999]
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]
In-flight mobile calls set for green light
News UK airline BMI has already signed up for trials of the satellite-based technology next year, along with Air France and Portugal's TAP. Hill said the regulators have so far been supportive of the in-flight mobile service and that a Europe-wide... [28 Jul 2006]
Passenger data row forces EU-US showdown
News Airlines from within the EU, including Air France and BA, are awaiting the results of the dispute, which would set in stone the legality how passenger data passes into US hands without breaking European law. [03 Dec 2003]
Passenger data technology suspended over questions of cost
News The legal context has changed since the Council of Ministers and the Commission have clarified the condition under which the transfer of the 34 pieces of data to the American authorities is legally acceptable," said Arnaud Camus, of Air France's... [07 Jun 2004]
Jobs: Video, Bluetooth, radio, 3G iTunes for iPod? Doubt it
News There's issues to work on - the taxes on the iPod here in France are very high.it's ridiculous. We'd like to see that same kind of growth in France and Germany," Jobs said. In terms of buying music over the air - the carriers spent an awful lot of... [20 Sep 2005]
SITA unites its business partners
News Equant, the data networking firm spun off from SITA and a takeover target for some time, will acquire France Telecom's GlobalOne subsidiary, which provides voice and data services to large companies around the world. [19 Nov 2000]
Consortium lands €50m European air safety deal
News The two will manage Eurocontrol's 1,430 desktops as well as networks and servers spread over three locations - two in Brussels and its experimental centre in Bretigny-sur-Orge in France. Getronics and Siemens Business Services have joined forces to... [24 Aug 2004]
Euro airlines miss out on Web profits
News PhoCusWright polled nine airlines - Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Iceland Air, KLM, Lauda Air, Lufthansa, Sabena and Virgin - and found three do not yet have booking engines on their Web sites, while two have only just launched booking... [11 May 1999]
Opodo stake snapped up
News Amadeus will invest €62m in cash in the company and will receive a 55 per cent stake, on the condition that the airlines involved in the creation of the site - major European carriers including British Airways and Air France - continue their... [16 Jun 2004]
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]
Orange smart phone promises "3G-type services before 3G"
News Orange has ordered 200,000 of the devices - made by HTC in Taiwan, the 'no brand' manufacturer that also puts together O2's xda - which it will be hoping to sell over the next year, at a subsidised price of £179 in the UK or E300 in France. [23 Oct 2002]
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