Emirates allows passengers to use mobile phones inflight

Passengers are now able to make calls using their mobile phones on commercial
flights for the first time. Emirates
has announced that it allowed calls on a flight between Dubai and Casablanca
after aviation authorities granted approval for the use of personal mobiles
in-flight.

Air France has previously conducted trials of a similar service but this is
the first fully operational service.

Emirates says the technology, built by a firm called AeroMobile,
allows voice calls and text messages once the aircraft has reached cruising
altitude.

The airline has issued guidelines to passengers about mobile use, including
requesting passengers to have their phones switched to %26ldquo;silent%26rdquo; mode during
the flight.

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