Oman Air has become the world’s first long-haul airline to offer mobile phone access and broadband internet to its passengers in flight. The company has just announced that passengers can now use wifi internet and their mobile phones on its Muscat-Heathrow service, and is planning to extend the service to other routes.
Onboard communications will be charged by the home mobile service provider at international roaming rates, as is the case when using mobile phone abroad.
British Airways currently uses a similar but less versatile system on its London City – JFK premium service. At the other end of the market, Ryanair in Europe and US LLC Southwest are also ahead of the game in developing connectivity for their fleets.
