South Africa: Budget airline Mango first airline to introduce in-flight Wi-Fi

We reported last week that the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Wi-Fi services on South African flights. In the meantime WirelessG, the company that applied for it, has announced that it will start offering their service on Mango’s Boeing 737-800 planes first. According to some reports, South African Airways might follow a few months afterwards. Comair Limited, operator of British Airways in South Africa and kulula.com, is currently not in talks with WirelessG about installing the in-flight Wi-Fi-system on their planes.
Mango’s Boeing 737-800 planes will be equipped with system that provides the users with Internet access (e-mails and SMS services) using a satellite connection, but there are already plans to integrate in-flight entertainment as well.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority is paving the way for in-flight Internet access

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Wi-Fi services on South African flights, Techcentral is reporting.
According to the article, the Civil Aviation Authority has approved an application by hot spot provider WirelessG to install Wi-Fi equipment in commercial aircrafts in South Africa.
The service will allow the use of any Wi-Fi enabled device in-flight. Dual-mode devices using GSM for mobile communication must still be switched off, but the CAA may allow the airlines equipped with the in-flight Wi-Fi technology to accommodate the use of Wi-Fi-only with supported phones.

online flight booking on TravelComments.com >>