RYANAIR Announced in Flight Mobile Access for All Passengers
1 September 2006 by axxxr Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, and OnAir, the leading onboard passenger communications provider announced a deal that will see Ryanair’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 and smartphones. The deal means that from mid 2007 (subject to relevant regulatory approval) Ryanair’s passengers will be able to call, text and e-mail using their mobile phones, BlackBerrys and Treos at rates which will mirror international roaming charges.OnAir intend to fit 50 Ryanair aircraft during the second half of 2007, with the remainder of the fleet receiving installations from early 2008 onwards. Mobile OnAir will be offered on all Ryanair flights across Ryanair’s network of more than 360 routes serving 23 countries across Europe. Ryanair will be the first European airline to offer this mobile telephony to all passengers on all of its 200 plus aircraft fleet. Developed by inflight communications specialist OnAir, Mobile OnAir uses advanced lightweight onboard technology to allow passengers to make and receive calls, exchange SMS messages and connect to e-mail via satellite broadband links and a ground network to be supplied by OnAir’s telecoms infrastructure partner, Monaco Telecom. OnAir’s solution allows mobile phone operators to charge passengers using Mobile OnAir at rates in line with current international roaming charges on passengers’ normal monthly bills. Ryanair will receive a commission from OnAir on call revenues generated by passengers on board its aircraft. www.onair.aero www.ryanair.co
Comments On 3 Sep 03:34 jasond wrote It was my understanding that the real reason mobiles were banned was because carriers didn't know where to bill you from. Having an on-board tower solves this. On 2 Sep 12:18 Xugaa wrote Well smoking I can understand, since not only are killing yourself anyway (self decision) you will be killing others, ecspecially in a tight space such as a plane. Also I'm pretty sure that fire safety comes into it as well, what if there was turbulance and you dropped what you were smoking... O_O But its like petrol stations, there is absolutely no evidence or actual events to back up 'mobile signals can cause an explosion'. There is no problem with the aircraft from mobile signals, but only a possible disturbance to the signals and readings that the plane is sending and recieving itself. But as long as they have configured all the vulnerable controls/ariel etc, there should be no problem. Or maybe airlines are just starting to see that its quite possible that phones and other devices don't harm the plane or what its doing at all On 2 Sep 03:04 Sean wrote microwaves CAN harm aircraft systems just not public ones as most nav system cables are covered in a mesh type metal to absorb it before they hit the data lines this was proven not only on topgear but also myth busters and other science programs... but it IS ILLIGAL to have a cell/mobile phone on during flight this is fedral law like smoking, smoking on aircraft is only baned because of insureance costs not because its a fire riskwell it is but over exagerated no more than the battrys and switches are to setting fumes alight from fuel On 1 Sep 22:26 Xugaa wrote Even without flight mode? Anyhow, I'm going to Ireland in November via Ryanair, so thats lucky... On 1 Sep 12:43 volvoman wrote Seems all the tails of mobiles causing planes to crash was just untrue, just the networks and airlines working out a way to charge people to use them |
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