Airline News - Africa / Middle East.Nov 13, 2006 Emirates Airlines Emirates wants in-flight cellphone (CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog, all new cellular systems are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into a smartphone that has access to the Internet. use by January. Emirates Airline's plan to allow in-flight cellphone use is pending approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Union with offices in Cologne, Germany, which has been given specific regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety. , and the airline wants to have the system, which operates at minimum power levels, installed in the first of its Boeing 777 fleet in January. An estimated 80% of air passengers carry mobile phones. The system allows only five calls to be made from an aircraft at any one time, so some predict most travelers will use text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. over calling. Nov 10, 2006 Emirates Airlines Emirates is banking on long-range, high-capacity aircraft to tap passenger and cargo traffic from as far away as east Asia East Asia A region of Asia coextensive with the Far East. East Asian adj. & n. and North America through its hub in Dubai to compete with global carriers including Qantas and Singapore Airlines. Nov 6, 2006 Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (commonly called RAM) is the national airline of Morocco, based in Casablanca, the airline is the third-largest in Africa (behind South African Airways and EgyptAir). Royal Air Maroc launched service from Casablanca to Brazzaville and Accra (each thrice-weekly) and Malabo (twice-weekly). Nov 6, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 30, 2006 |
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