Boeing to Offer Inflight Connectivity on 787-8 in 2014

Source: runwaygirlnetwork.com »

Boeing plans to offer inflight connectivity on its 787-8 in under a year, after making two connectivity solutions ‘offerable’ on the new 787-9, the Runway Girl Network can reveal.

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Sport 24 LIVE In-Flight November 28-December 1!

We are pleased to be bringing you more LIVE action this weekend from the Barclays Premier League,  Bundesliga and Euroleague Basketball.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Sport 24 will broadcast LIVE matches this weekend of teams such as Newcastle United, Cardiff City, Arsenal, Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur, that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you travel! (more…)

Cellphones On a Plane, Reality Version

Source: blogs.wsj.com »

Calm down, everyone.

If the U.S. government moves ahead with its proposal to lift the ban on airplane cellphone use, that doesn’t mean every passenger will be screaming into his or her device.

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British Airways to test onboard wifi

Source: businesstraveller.com »

British Airways has confirmed it is to run a connectivity trial on one of its Boeing 747 aircraft over the course of 2014.

The aircraft will be fitted with the Panasonic Global Communications Suite “to provide a range of entertainment to customers’ personal electronic devices under the name High Life Connect”.

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FCC Shares Pain of Proposal to Allow Airline Calls

Source: bloomberg.com »

The U.S. regulator proposing to end a ban on phone calls during commercial flights understands why some passengers say the change would take connectivity too far.

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AeroMobile Welcomes FCC Move to Open U.S. Airspace to Mobile Devices

Source: aeromobile.net »

Leading inflight mobile phone operator AeroMobile welcomes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s move to adopt regulations to permit the use of mobile devices in U.S. airspace.

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FCC Consideration of Mobile Phone Use In-Flight

Source: panasonic.aero »

Statement from Panasonic Avionics Corporation on the FCC Consideration of Mobile Phone Use In-Flight

Panasonic Avionics Corporation today welcomed the news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider adopting rules to enable in-flight wireless mobile phone connectivity in the United States.

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Sport 24 LIVE In-Flight November 21-25!

We are pleased to provide the schedule detailing the exciting LIVE action taking place on Sport 24 this weekend.

BUNDESLIGA

This weekend you can watch arguably two of the best teams in Europe go head to head; Borussia Dortmund v FC Bayern Munich on Saturday LIVE as you travel. Other top teams competing this weekend include VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Monchengladbach and SV Werder Bremen v 1. FSV Mainz 05.

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Sport 24 LIVE In-Flight December 2013!

Traveling in December and worried that you’ll miss your favorite team in a big match? We are pleased to be announce some great programming of LIVE sporting action that will be broadcast on Sport 24.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Sport 24 will bring you LIVE matches throughout December from the Barclays Premier League season; action from Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Tottenham Hotspurs, Manchester City, and other teams will keep you on the edge of you seat as you travel.

BUNDESLIGA

Some of the top teams in the German league will continue to compete and be broadcast LIVE on Sport 24 during December. Bayern Munich, Schalke, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen – who’ve all recently been victorious – will all be in action to try and carry on their good form.

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Transaero Airlines continues to expand its inflight connectivity services offering

Source: traveldailynews.com »

MOSCOW – Transaero Airlines expands capabilities and availability of the Transaero Connect (Internet and mobile communication) service onboard and offers the latest inflight entertainment systems to its passengers.

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