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A interesting news story on Yahoo today ...
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Airbus and SITA, an in-flight communications specialist, have won permission from the European Commission to create a joint venture that will enable travellers to make calls and send text messages, email and use the Internet during flights.
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The venture, OnAir, will be jointly controlled by Dutch-registered SITA and Airbus, the European Union executive said in a statement.
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The creation of OnAir was announced in July, 2004, and the aim was to allow passengers to use their own mobile phones, laptops and personal digital assistants in flight and to be billed through their normal operator.
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Which kind of begs the question 'If new technology is required to enable the use of cell phones in aircraft how did the passengers on Flight 93 on 9/11 manage to make all those calls to family and friends?'
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Ah well, not to worry
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