Lufthansa is to relaunch internet onboard long haul flights from January. It is to start on routes to New York and Detroit and will offer high speed access for anyone with a laptop with wifi capability and smartphones.
It will be followed up with the ability to use phones for SMS and MMS messages, but Lufthansa is not to allow phone calls, which will be a blessed relief to those who treat time in the sky as time to relax.
It will be free until the end of January 2011, after when there will be charges presumably (although one might expect it will remain free for First Class at least).
However this should kickoff a flurry of interest in internet access on long haul flights, although I am far from enthused about the idea of SMS/MMS appearing on flights with endless beeps and tones from the inane who can't get the idea that if you are holding your phone, you don't need to hear when a message is received!
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