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Call me; I’ll be on the plane

07/02/08
For a few months now, Air France has been testing in-flight data and cell-phone service on one of its planes. (I flew on one of the cell-phones-allowed flights and wrote about it in my Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com.) Now comes word that passengers on at least one TAP Portugal plane can send and receive […]

Cell-phones on airplanes. Good or bad? Vote!

05/08/08
What does a World Bank economist flying to Morocco have in common with a young couple jetting home to Switzerland from Paris? A fear of seat mates with cell-phones. Air France is testing cell-phone service on one of its airplanes. I had a chance to fly on that plane last week and interviewed passengers about […]

Air France testing in-flight cell phone service

05/02/08
Through the end of June, Air France is testing cell-phone service on one of its A318 airplanes. Passengers boarding this plane don’t know cell-phone service is available until a flight attendant makes an announcement or they look in the seat back pocket and find this laminated notice. Um.. unless someone has taken it home as […]

Air France 50th 777 Ferry Flight

04/30/08
On Tuesday Air France officials were in Everett, Washington to take delivery of the company’s 50th Boeing 777-300ER airplane. The flight home to Paris had room for a few guests. Highlights of the trip: A chance to see – and smell – a brand new airplane. Turns out, like new cars, new airplanes definitely have […]

Heading to London?

04/03/08
One of the new airline routes introduced on March 31 (2008) as part of the EU – US Open Skies Agreement is daily Los Angeles-London service on Air France. Passengers on this route cannot yet use Air France’s new in-flight cell-phone service (that’s being tested on one airplane that flies within Europe) but they can […]
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