New Delhi: The days of switching off your mobile phone while flying seems to be over. Airlines around the world are beginning to deploy new technologies that allow passengers to stay connected even while flying 30,000 feet above the ground.
For instance, Lufthansa enables you to send and receive emails with large file attachments without time delay on most flights from and to India. And if you are flying the Airbus A-380 of Dubai-based Emirates airlines, you will also be able to remain in touch through phone calls. The service is being offered in partnership with OnAir.
The OnAir system allows passengers to use their own mobile phones to make and receive phone calls and text messages from Emirates aircraft in-flight, just as they would on the ground.
First such flight departed from Dubai international Airport to Munich International Airport on October 2 and the first recorded A380 in-flight call was placed to China while the aircraft cruised at 11,500 metres flying across the Gulf. Indian passengers may have to wait a while to experience this new technology because the Indian Government does not allow any international airline to operate the A380 to India.
04/10/12 The Hindu
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For instance, Lufthansa enables you to send and receive emails with large file attachments without time delay on most flights from and to India. And if you are flying the Airbus A-380 of Dubai-based Emirates airlines, you will also be able to remain in touch through phone calls. The service is being offered in partnership with OnAir.
The OnAir system allows passengers to use their own mobile phones to make and receive phone calls and text messages from Emirates aircraft in-flight, just as they would on the ground.
First such flight departed from Dubai international Airport to Munich International Airport on October 2 and the first recorded A380 in-flight call was placed to China while the aircraft cruised at 11,500 metres flying across the Gulf. Indian passengers may have to wait a while to experience this new technology because the Indian Government does not allow any international airline to operate the A380 to India.
04/10/12 The Hindu
