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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]
News The Met Office system is aiming to make waiting for planes to be de-iced a thing of the past. Airport staff are provided with 98 per cent accurate and detailed forecasts via the web, email, fax and text to allow planes to be treated with anti-icing...
[08 Jan 2008]
News Using mobile phones on planes is set to become a reality from as soon as next year - and an all-too-familiar sight by 2010. Consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton said the market is now ripe for the development of in-flight phone calls and a number of...
[07 Jul 2005]
News A poll of more than 1,100 silicon.com readers found an overwhelming 75 per cent think allowing mobile phone calls on planes will be incredibly annoying. Airlines have been given a clear message about their plans to enable mobile phone calls on...
[08 Aug 2006]
News With commercial rollouts of Wi-Fi technology in planes fast approaching, users of laptops in cabins - as well as other public places - have been warned about an easy-to-overlook security threat: shoulder surfing.
[04 Aug 2003]
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]
News Want to read more about mobiles on planes? 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...
[02 Aug 2006]
Comment Planes While communications in trains and planes are focused on enabling business travellers to work more productively, the developments in in-car communications centre on getting drivers to their destinations more quickly.
[02 Jun 2006]
News This would lead to something of a problem at airports, since the US is refusing to let any "non-conforming" planes land. The EU has been given an ultimatum by a European Parliament committee to come to an arrangement with Washington to protect the...
[06 Oct 2003]
whitepaper Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are studying the time-dependent response of rock stressed along weakness planes. The objective is to improve mine safety by reducing the number of roof falls that...
[14 Aug 2003]
whitepaper Lufthansa Technik Logistik GmbH (LTL) supplies Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services to 450 airlines worldwide. Its heterogeneous server environment delivered low performance and high maintenance costs and also had availability and...
[12 Dec 2006]
News Virgin Group has launched a mobile phone that although aimed at the 18-35 market could be particularly attractive to small and medium-sized businesses with a tariff structure offering savings for heavy day-time users.
[11 Nov 1999]
Comment What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. I'm on the plane.
[25 Oct 2007]
Comment What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Do your homework
[10 Jan 2008]
News Train operator GNER will trial wireless broadband technology on its trains from Swedish firm Icomera for three months starting in September this year. Following silicon.com's exclusive last week, GNER has revealed further details of the...
[11 Aug 2003]
Comment It may well be August, the height of silly season, but there have been some interesting things going on in the past 24 hours. As a silicon.com reader, there is a good chance you are a frequent business traveller.
[08 Aug 2006]
whitepaper Tired of the extended manual recovery time Continental faced with each weather-related disruption to its schedule, the airline decided it needed a faster, more reliable way to alter the schedules of hundreds of crew teams and fully recover...
[19 Jul 2007]
News The government is spending £16m on the development of robot aircraft that could be used by the police for surveillance. The government said that development of unmanned craft could "revolutionise" police and fire service surveillance, or power and...
[18 Jul 2006]
whitepaper Many implementations of Web Services exist across multiple platforms and environments. The majority of these share one thing in common - they all use HTTP as the underlying transport. The ubiquitous nature of HTTP has helped Web Services achieve...
[31 Mar 2007]
News The two major Canadian airlines have become the latest in a line of operators to cancel flights over the millennium period. Air Canada and Canadian Airlines claim the cancellations have nothing to do with the millennium bug but admit there has been...
[21 Sep 1999]
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