Ryanair Now Allows Cell Phones In Flight

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Ryanair, one of the lower-cost cheap flight European airlines, has equipped its flights from and to Dublin with the Mobile OnAir service, enabling you as a Ryanair passenger to use your cell phone or smartphone (e.g. BlackBerry, iPhone, HTC) during the flight, staying in touch with family, friends & business relations.

Ryanair is equipping its fleet with a mobile phone system. If you see a Phone Use Permitted sign on the aircraft, simply switch on your mobile phone or BlackBerry when the sign is green.

You can then make and receive calls, and send and receive text messages. The inflight mobile service is an international roaming service, so don’t forget to dial + or 00 followed by the country code.

You can also catch up on email during the flight, from your smartphone (e.g. BlackBerry, iPhone, HTC) or from a laptop equipped with GPRS connectivity.

Your onboard communications will appear on your usual mobile phone invoice. Your home provider sets the rates. Typical prices are about €0.50 for text messages; between €2.00 and €3.00 per minute to make and receive calls; and between €1.00 and €1.50 for an email session without major file transfer (100 KB).

Prepaid cell phone usage is also supported at Ryanair flights. Switching on your phone and receiving text messages is free.

Based on RyanAir released information.

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Posted February 22nd, 2009 by Armen Hareyan