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...]
Personal Electronic Devices in all stages of flight coming to Canada
Earlier last year, US regulators and European regulators began to loosen the rules on the use of Personal Electronic Devices during all stages of flight. It seem Canada will be joining the party according to Transport Canada It seem Canadian regulator will allowed to use devices such as long as they don't make telephone calls or use WiFi. Devices that will be allowed to be … [Read more...]
Lufthansa to allow Personal Electronic Devices on all Airbus flights… from 1st March
Lufthansa has announced that it has gained approval from the German Federal Aviation Authority (LBA) to allow the use of Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs)on Airbus aircraft in the Lufthansa Main-Line fleet from the 1st March 2014. Lufthansa Airbus A321 Retrojet - Image GhettoIFE Currently, Lufthansa allow the continuous use of PEDs only on its Boeing 747-8I fleet … [Read more...]
Personal Electronic Devices use during all stages of flight coming soon to Europe
In the wake of the US Federal Aviation Administration granting airlines permission to allow passengers to uses during all stages of flight, The European Aviation Safety Agency has been looking into the matter too. New Guidance from EASA has been released that will allow airlines to cover the use of devices during all stages of flight (taxi, takeoff, flight, landing). Devices … [Read more...]
US Federal Aviation Administration rules on Personal Electronic Devices
... And it's an interesting read to say the least. http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=15254 is where the full release is. The first thing to note is that implementation of the guidance is down to the airline - subject to their own risk assessment. This is actually important as one aircraft may be more sensitive than another. This could mean … [Read more...]
