Finally dream comes true for Air France. Air France has become the first airline in the world to offer an in-flight mobile phone service on international flights. At the beginning of new year, frequent air-travelers have good news.....they can use mobiles in airplane :-) Currently OnAir supports 2.5 G so data transfer may not be fast. We hope they will upgrade to 3G very soon.
What can passenger do?
Using to the Mobile OnAir system, passengers travelling on board one of the Airbus A318 aircraft operating European routes can now:
- Send and receive sms and mms messages
- Send and receive emails via all phones with Internet access
How does it work?
- Mobile phones connect to a miniature cellular network installed inside this aircraft.
A modem transmits data and calls to a satellite that routes them to a ground station. Data and calls are then routed to the passenger’s usual telephone network. This network is located inside the aircraft. Passengers’ mobile phones only emit at minimum power, which does not risk harming interference with aircraft avionics or ground telecoms network. - Phones are used just like on the ground. To make a call on board the aircraft, passengers simply dial the international prefix (+) or 00 + country code + full number (without the 0).
The cost of data exchanges are invoiced by the customers’ telephone operator and are comparable to those used for normal international mobile phone calls.
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