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Articles tagged with: In Flight and Inmarsat
Passenger In-Flight Mobile Use Exceeds 40% on Malaysia Airlines
Passengers on Malaysia Airlines are proving some of the world's most enthusiastic users of in-flight mobiles as they embrace the AeroMobile service. On some flights, passenger adoption has exceeded 40%. Data devices such as Blackberry are proving popular, with data traffic on some flights exceeding 2MB, the equivalent of 40 Blackberry users sending and receiving email. more
Related Tags: sms, roaming, rsa, privacy, ovi, blackberry, text-messages, Malaysia
Emirates Allowing Cellphone Use in Flight
The airline, Emirates has signed a deal with AeroMobile to offer in-flight mobile phone coverage. AeroMobile, has developed an aircraft system which controls the power output of all mobile phones down to the minimum level allowing their safe use onboard aircraft. The Dubai-based airline expects to launch the service on board one of its Boeing 777s as early as January 2007, once all necessary approvals have been granted. more
Related Tags: privacy, aircraft, gprs, emirates
In-Flight Mobile Phones May Not be Economically Viable
A new report from TMF Associates forecasts that widespread deployment of in-flight cellular services could be limited to those airlines who can justify investment in passenger connectivity as a service differentiator, since many airlines may be unable to demonstrate a compelling direct return on investment in these services. more
Related Tags: onair
..mail services for passengers and crew. Aircraft communications for advanced in-flight passenger and crew applications are a key focus and SITA is a leader in developing onboard global access to new services in this area." more