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Articles tagged with: Qantas
New Warnings Issued About Using Mobile Phones on Aircraft
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a warning to airline passengers that using mobile phones during flight is still forbidden on most aircraft. Although some airlines have introduced 'mobile phone systems' on a number of their aircraft, the use of mobile phones generally remains prohibited on the majority of aircraft. more
Related Tags: civil-aviation-authority, caa, bmi, ryanair, air-france, tap-portugal, emirates, displays, testing, UK
Qantas Airline to Allow In-Flight SMS and Mobile Data Services
Australian airline, qantas has said that it would roll out new technology on its domestic aircraft from late 2008 to allow customers to send and receive email and SMS via mobile phone or personal electronic device. more
Related Tags: roaming, blackberry, aircraft, australian-communications-and-media-authority, gprs, Australia
Australia Testing Mobile Phones in Planes
The Australian Communications and Media Authority says that it has enabled a limited evaluation of GSM mobile phones and GPRS devices on a commercial aircraft. more
Related Tags: m1, aircraft, australian-communications-and-media-authority, acma, gprs, gsm1800
Qantas Airways Planing In-Flight Mobile Phone Service
Australia's qantas Airways says that it is planning to allow mobile phones to be used on planes during flights. An evaluation will be conducted in the first quarter of 2007 during a three-month trial on Australian domestic routes operated with Boeing 767 aircraft. more
Related Tags: panasonic, australian-communications-and-media-authority
More Airlines To Offer In-Flight Mobile Calls
Tacky low-cost European 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 mobile telephony services during flights across its entire fleet of aircraft to all passengers via their own mobile phones. more
Related Tags: aircraft, text-messages, inmarsat, ryanair, onair
Extending phone use in airplanes
The Australian airline, qantas has extended its policy on the use of mobile phones to include all of the airline's international services, New Zealand domestic operations and Australian Airlines services from this week. Under the policy, which was introduced for Australian domestic services in June 2005, mobile phones can be used once an aircraft has landed and vacated the runway. An announcement by cabin crew shortly after landing informs customers when they can use their mobile phones. more
Telstra claims MNP success in Australia
Telstra announced yesterday that some of Australia's biggest companies would shift their mobile phone services to Telstra from other carriers following the introduction of Mobile Number Portability last week. Telstra OnAir Head of Business Solutions, Murray Bergin, said Lend Lease, Tattersalls, Australian Co-operative Foods (Dairy Farmers), Stanley Works and South Pacific Tyres recently signed with Telstra from other carriers. more
Related Tags: mobile-number-portability, mnp, onair