Following along from other countries and other airlines, The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department is allowing airlines to use personal electronic devices from the 15th September. The net upshot is that the first airlines to take advantage of this will be Cathay Pacific and DragonAir. Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 arriving at Hong Kong International Airport DragonAir Airbus … [Read more...]
Ryanair to allow personal electronic devices during all stages of flight
It seems that Ryanair has got approval from aviation authorities regarding the use of personal electronic devices during all flight. This is effective from 6th February 2014 (today). This covers devices such as tablet computers, e-book readers, MP3 players and smartphones. As usual, these devices must be in flight mode at all times. Items such as laptops are not termed … [Read more...]
Lufthansa to allow personal electronic devices in all stages of flight
Second to the party in Europe, Lufthansa will be allowing the use personal electronic devices during all phases of flight - including taxi, takeoff, flight and landing. However, the roll-out will be slow with only one fleet of aircraft qualified for use - and that's the airline's Boeing 747-8 fleet. This is made up cadre of 9 aircraft. The change in usage regulations … [Read more...]
American, United and US Airways (and Alaska) join the party on Personal Electronic Devices
After the early start by both JetBlue and Delta, three other major US Airlines have joined the party on the Gate-to-Gate use of Personal Electronic Devices American Airlines will allow on all mainline flights, with American Eagle flights operated by SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Republic Airline or Chautauqua Airlines to follow. United is allowing devices to be … [Read more...]
