British Airways to Offer Email & Text on Its A318s Between London City and JFK
Jan 26th, 2009 | By Jared BlankWith its launch in September, British Airways will offer email and text messaging on its A318 aircraft flying between London City and JFK. According to BA, this will be the first in-flight communication services on transatlantic flights. OK. Voice calls won’t be available initially, as that will drive people crazy, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see it rolled out later.
[...] Upgraded: The return of all-business class New York-London flights Maxjet, Silverjet, and Eos may be gone, but British Airways is bringing twice-daily all-business class flights between London and New York back to the air. The twists: 1) The service is on the smallest plane yet to fly the route, an Airbus A318. Not ‘19. Not ‘20. Forget ‘21. ‘18. 2) Instead of Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, or Stansted, this flight will use the very centrally located London City Airport , which thusfar has only been used by regional jets to short-range destinations. 3) They’ll allow wireless text messaging and e-mail on board, but not phone calls. (hat tip Jared Blank) [...]
[...] Upgraded: The return of all-business class New York-London flights Maxjet, Silverjet, and Eos may be gone, but British Airways is bringing twice-daily all-business class flights between London and New York back to the air. The twists: 1) The service is on the smallest plane yet to fly the route, an Airbus A318. Not ‘19. Not ‘20. Forget ‘21. ‘18. 2) Instead of Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, or Stansted, this flight will use the very centrally located London City Airport , which thusfar has only been used by regional jets to short-range destinations. 3) They’ll allow wireless text messaging and e-mail on board, but not phone calls. (hat tip Jared Blank) [...]