Phone Home from Oman Air, As They Allow In-Flight Cell Phones and Texting
Oman Air first impressed us with their unnecessarily nice bathrooms, but now they are moving forward to ruin the entire flight experience—maybe. They are launching full mobile capabilities for first class, business, and economy customers. That means cell phones for all up in the skies. You’ll be welcome to text, tweet, and call all of your friends from your seat. Things should be up and running by the middle of February, which is just in time to apologize to your sweetie for not being home on Valentine’s Day.
In-flight WiFi is also coming to the airline’s entire fleet of Airbus A330s, but cell phones ringing throughout the cabin has us worried. We’ve heard some awful ring tones and text message alerts, and are really hoping that passengers leave things on silent. The airline does promise that the crews will control the services, and that the mobile magic can be limited during quiet times like overnight flights.
Oman Air is using the Airbus ALNA V2 system and has teamed up with Honeywell to use their SwiftBroadband solution. This will bring speedy Internet access to all as well as a few channels of live television. Overall the airline is pretty pumped about its new airplanes and all the goodies that they’ve installed on board. Let’s just hope the cell phone calls don’t get out of hand, and that they offer some discount fares sooner rather than later.
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· Oman Air Launches Full Mobile Phone and Wi-Fi Connectivity Aboard New Airbus A330s [Official Site]
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