British Airways to allow in-flight texting
Jan 30, 2009, 7:24 am
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British Airways to allow in-flight texting
The airline will limit the service to twice-daily flights between London City Airport and New York's JFK that are due to start in September. The all-business class route is flown by a narrow-body Airbus A318 aircraft that must make a stop in Ireland on the westbound leg. The configuration will allow for just 32 seats.
A318 and flying out of London City? And with a stopover in Ireland? Is that going to be a success for BA?
Jan 30, 2009, 7:46 am
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A318 and flying out of London City? And with a stopover in Ireland? Is that going to be a success for BA?
A318 and flying out of London City? And with a stopover in Ireland? Is that going to be a success for BA?
I do find interesting that their first efforts on the in-flight SMS functionality will be on this route. I'd think that they would want to put the service on a plane that flies more during the day.
Jan 30, 2009, 8:23 am
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LCY is great -- if you arrive there, you can walk through customs, out of the terminal, grab a cab or the DLR, and be in the City before you'd have your bag back off the carousel at Heathrow.
Back to the topic of texting -- I'm not sure how I set my phone so it's capable of sending / receiving SMS but not voice calls, so assuming I can't, how does this not put the lie to cell phone use being an "aircraft safety issue"?
Back to the topic of texting -- I'm not sure how I set my phone so it's capable of sending / receiving SMS but not voice calls, so assuming I can't, how does this not put the lie to cell phone use being an "aircraft safety issue"?