Al Potter, manager of network security at TruSecure's ICSA Labs division, said: "A public place like an airplane, a departure lounge or a coffee shop or other hotspot isn't really an appropriate place to perform sensitive computing tasks.
We modelled our airplane on a car, and most people don't have a lavatory in their car," he deadpanned. Aircraft like the Eclipse 500, however, will eventually change the way planes are made. Raburn said he expects the company to get Federal...
BMI will test the business case, usage patterns and social issues around using mobile phones on aircraft on one of its A320 Airbus planes flying out of London Heathrow Airport on various short-haul routes across Europe.
No-frills airline Ryanair will be the first fleet deployment of the technology across its Boeing 737 planes. Air France will now be the first airline to install the GSM equipment on an A318 Airbus short-haul aircraft and is due to start offering...
For example, using the technology means planes carry less weight and so less fuel is consumed. In the week in which British Airways finally announced it is retiring its loss-making fleet of Concorde aircraft, airports and beleaguered airlines are...
Planes will be fitted with a pico cell — a GSM antenna in the ceiling of the aircraft which allows phones to connect to the satellite link. Initially fifty aircraft will be equipped by mid-2007, with further installations following.