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Article #155: Ryanair to Offer in Flight Phone Use

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Ryanair was Europe's original low fares joint venture with SITA INC and Airbus
airline and is still Europe's largest low that has the goal to meet the personal
fares carrier with 15 European bases and and business communications expectations
a fleet of over 100 brand new Boeing of the travellers in aircraft cabin. They
737-800 aircraft and with firm orders for provide passengers with reliable,
a further 138 new aircraft, which will be affordable communication services during
delivered over the next six years. In flights, ranging from in-seat SMS using
2006 Ryanair adds more new aircraft to the airline's onboard system, to mobile
the fleet, to enable to carry 42 million telephony and Internet access using
passengers in the year. By 2012, they passengers' mobile and portable devices.
expect to have 225 aircraft allowing the The services are designed for short- and
airline to grow to 70m passengers per long-haul flights on both Airbus and
annum. In March they launched the Boeing aircraft, allowing airlines to
Check'N'Go service, giving passengers the offer a consistent onboard experience to
opportunity to check-in online across the their passengers.
entire route network, cutting queues at The new deal between Ryanair and Onair
both check-in and boarding. May marks the will allow mobile use on all Ryanair
launch of Ryanair's 16 th and first Boeing 737 aircraft. Passengers will be
French base in Marseille. They also charged a roaming fee by mobile service
announced the first routes outside of provider, with Ryanair taking a slice of
Europe, to Marrakesh, Fez and Oujda in the income.
Morocco. This is only a proposal for this year but
But Ryanair development for 2006 doesn't if it will be approved the scheme will be
stop here. They came with another introduced by the middle of next year.
revolutionary passenger service Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary
initiative: a service that will allow its advises that "We will soon enable
passengers to make calls on mobile phones passengers to use their mobile phones and
and use handheld devices such as electronic communications devices in the
Blackberries whilst in flight. air, just as they do on the ground.
The deal was signed up with Onair, a






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