Aircraft interiors EXPO: Oi! ARINC answer call for airborne Internet
Posted by admin on April 3, 2008ARINC’s new Oi service is set to offer versatile in-flight connectivity to passengers, reports BRENDAN GALLAGHER
The A380 is the biggest airliner in history, and Emirates is on course to have a bigger fleet of the giant Airbuses than any other airline on earth. At November’s Dubai Airshow the Middle Eastern carrier signed a contract that brought its A380 commitment to 58 aircraft – over a quarter of the total order book and well ahead of household names like Air France, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Qantas.
Emirates’ attitude to the A380 is a reflection of its taste for the biggest and the best in everything, including passenger communications. The airline has just become the first in the world to offer a fully commercial onboard mobile phone service to its passengers. Developed by ARINC subsidiary AeroMobile and employing Inmarsat for the air-to-ground link, the service allows passengers to use their own phones and personal digital assistants to
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