Articles tagged with: Aircraft and Text Messages

UK Airline Tests SMS Service on London-Moscow Flights

..ce, which is being supplied by OnAir, is being trialled for six months on a single Airbus A320 aircraft operating between Heathrow and Moscow. The UK launch follows the granting of telecommunications regulatory approval by Ofcom. Peter Spencer, more

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US Politicans Seeks to Ban Phones in Planes

..politicians are proposing a law to ban the use of voice communications on mobile phones within aircraft over the USA. Reps. Peter DeFazio, Jerry Costello, John Duncan and Thomas Petri (WI-06) all senior members of the Committee on Transportatio more

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More Airlines To Offer In-Flight Mobile Calls

..pean airline carrier, Ryanair has announced a deal that will see it's entire fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft fitted with OnAir's onboard mobile communications solution. The announcement will make Ryanair the first European airline to offer Europe-wide m more

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