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EC: First European airlines offering in-flight use of mobile phones

Brussels, Belgium - Thanks to EU-wide ground rules

More and more European air passengers are being offered the choice to use their normal mobile phone to send text messages, browse the web or even make calls on board airplanes. One year after the European Commission put in place common rules for safe use of mobile phones on aircraft and for simple and non-bureaucratic authorisations of this essentially cross border service, 27 European aircraft have...

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Rome, Italy, 04/02/2009 18:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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