Norwegian Air to offer in-flight phone service
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Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA   said on Tuesday it will offer mobile phone and  wireless Internet services on flights later this year.
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Vonage, the U.S. pioneer of low-cost  phone service over Internet broadband connections, on Tuesday  said it was working with a phone maker to offer a "Wi-Fi"  handset for subscribers to use at home or around town.
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday kicked off efforts that could reshape the communications services available to airline passengers.
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Passengers from the following British Airways flights have been asked to contact British officials.
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Major U.S. airlines pledged on Thursday to review and update their customer service plans as necessary and called for a government review of airline and airport preparations for handling weather-related problems.
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Ryanair has announced a deal allowing passengers to use their mobile phones and Blackberries while in flight.
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Continental Airlines said Tuesday it would begin a daily, nonstop service from Sweden's capital to its New York hub starting next summer.
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Finnair will enable passengers to send mobile text messages and e-mails on flights to the Far East starting next month.The service will become possible on satellite telephones provided at each seat of the airline's new Airbus A340 aircraft, to be delivered in June. It will first be available on routes from Helsinki to the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Nagoya, and Shanghai, China.Passengers will be able to read and answer messages and mail sent from the ground. Each sent or received message will cost $2, the Finnish carrier said. Passengers will be able to call each other during flights. Read more
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The top telecommunications agency in the U.K. has proposed rules that would enable airline passengers to use their cell phones.
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OSLO Aviation officials and airlines were scrambling to improve security at small local airports in Norway on Thursday, a day after a passenger smuggled an ax on board a commuter plane and attacked two pilots.
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New service will feature SkypePlus voicemail and expanded conference calling, as well as let users get calls from the traditional phone network.
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Air France has become the first airline to offer international passengers e-mail and text-messaging service thatâs based on standard cellphone technology.
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Passengers taking to the skies for U.S. flights could be checking e-mail and surfing the Web through high-speed Internet connections in a couple of years. And the day when travelers can chat away on cell phones while in flight might not be far behind.
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Six-month study will allow passengers to send messages and make calls.
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Business travelers will be able to surf the Web securely on long-distance flights by combining services from Boeing Co. (BA.N) and iPass Inc. (IPAS.O), the companies plan to announce on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15  - US telecom regulators began on Wednesday to ponder whether ending a ban on in-flight cell-phone calls would jeopardize safety or simply vex other passengers.
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Major U.S. airlines pledged on Thursday to review and update their customer service plans as necessary and called for a government review of airline and airport contingency plans for handling weather-related problems.