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Articles tagged with: In Flight and Aircraft
Alaska Airlines Sees Sucess in Wi-Fi Trials
Alaska Airlines has published the initial results of its in-flight Wi-Fi service trial, which was launched in February. More than 2,100 passengers logged on and used Alaska Airlines Inflight Wi-Fi. Of those passengers who tried the service and completed a survey during or after their flight, more than 96 percent intend to use it again. Alaska Airlines says that it will begin evaluating pricing models for the service and will continue to gather feedback from customers. more
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One Year Anniversary of In-Flight Phone Calls for Emirates Airlines
One year ago, the first in-flight commercial mobile phone call was made on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Casablanca - and since 160,170 passengers have switched their phone on during a flight to make calls or send text messages. more
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Ryanair Offers In-Flight Phone Calls
European low-cost airline, Ryanair has launched an in-flight mobile phone service initially onboard 20 of its, mainly Ireland based aircraft. This is the first step in fitting Ryanair's entire fleet of over 170 aircraft to allow all passengers to make and receive mobile calls and texts on all Ryanair flights. more
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UK Airline Tests SMS Service on London-Moscow Flights
UK based airline, BMI has announced that it is to start trials of in-flight text messaging from mobile phones on flights between London and Moscow. The service, which is being supplied by OnAir, is being trialled for six months on a single Airbus A320 aircraft operating between Heathrow and Moscow. more
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EMS Buys In-Flight Wireless Internet Provider
..ement to acquire Formation, Inc., a provider of airborne wireless network products that enable in-flight passenger communications with terrestrial and satellite networks. EMSÃ's purchase price for Formation is $40 million, with the acquired co more
ZTE, Qualcomm and Aircell Collaborate on In-flight Mobile Broadband System
..ing with the base station. As a result, the service dramatically improves upon previous in-flight wireless services, which were slow, expensive and complex. "At ZTE, we are committed to developing customized and flexible solutions that enable more
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US Politicans Seeks to Ban Phones in Planes
..ently announced that it will allow people to talk on their cell phones while a plane is in-flight on all commercial airlines. Additionally, U.S. airlines are already experimenting with in-flight Internet access. The proposed law, H.R. 5788, th more
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EU to Permit In-Flight Use of Mobile Phones
..The European Commission plans to announce new regulations which would allow airplanes to offer in-flight phone calls when flying anywhere within the EU 25 countries - reports the International Herald Tribune. The plans are due to be announced l more
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US Airlines Face Competition Challenge to Delivering In-Flight Communications
... airlines may be at a competitive disadvantage as European carriers move forward on plans for in-flight Internet connectivity and communication services on-board passenger aircraft, concluded a panel of industry experts at a National Press Clu more
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Mach Supporting In-Flight Phone Calls
..t it has been selected as a partner by AeroMobile to support the deployment of the world's first in-flight mobile service. Emirates, one of the world's largest airlines with a state of the art fleet of aircraft, will be the first carrier to introduce more
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