Articles tagged with: In Flight and Sms

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

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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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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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