MAS allows onboard calls

[sqforever]

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_298283.html

[SQflyergirl]

Good news! I wonder when other carriers in Asia will introduce this?

[milehighj]

Good news! I wonder when other carriers in Asia will introduce this?

I beg to differ. This is an awful trend. Flights are the only opportunity for escape ringtones and loud cellphone bluster...

[flyguy]

and especially for China and India flights - it will be a very noisy cabin n many pax will be unhappy with this facility.

[SQflyergirl]

I beg to differ. This is an awful trend. Flights are the only opportunity for escape ringtones and loud cellphone bluster...

Agreed. I was looking at one portion of it: Data, not voice

[Kyo]

I have to say I find this troubling - if the electronic device has an 'flight mode', then fine.

If it doesn't transmit signals (i.e. passive), then fine.

But this sets a troubling precedent, not to mention how horrible it will be to put up with people trying to call / getting random sms-es as a new country picks up the first device transmissions upon descent in a new location.

Aka the "Welcome to so-and-so country. For data charges please call 123456789, and note roaming costs apply."

Bloody annoying when they all come in at once..

[SQflyergirl]

Bloody annoying when they all come in at once..

Singtel's the worst! I never look at my phone for the first 5 minutes after arriving into Changi, cause it's likely the 2 quadrillion SMS"s i just got are from them.

[milehighj]

Agreed. I was looking at one portion of it: Data, not voice

Ah that's different. Then we can look forward to your real-time TRs.

[HUGE AL]

This is one of the reasons I really enjoy NH. They are SUPER strict about the cell phones being used the second you enter the aircraft and until you exit. Makes for a more quiet and peaceful journey.

[StarG]

Cathay has started allowing passengers to use cellphones after landing, while the aircraft taxies to the gate.

[singaporu_kooku]

This is one of the reasons I really enjoy NH. They are SUPER strict about the cell phones being used the second you enter the aircraft and until you exit. Makes for a more quiet and peaceful journey.

I believe NH and all planes entering and departing from Japan are under JCAB (Japanese Civil aviation Bureau) and their regulations have strictly mentioned that mobile phones are not allowed to be used at any time inside the planes.

[HUGE AL]

Cathay has started allowing passengers to use cellphones after landing, while the aircraft taxies to the gate.

That sucks!

I believe NH and all planes entering and departing from Japan are under JCAB (Japanese Civil aviation Bureau) and their regulations have strictly mentioned that mobile phones are not allowed to be used at any time inside the planes.

Exactly. I have always found this to be a good thing...save my glass of Krug when I sit down.

[Kiwi]

Cathay has started allowing passengers to use cellphones after landing, while the aircraft taxies to the gate.

Quite a few airlines allow that now. Qantas and Air NZ for starters.

[scooby5]

I don't believe anything is ever THAT important that waiting another 2-min will make a difference. Some people need to get a reality check and some common sense.

With regards calls allowed during the whole flight, anybody with a sense of anything IT will be happy enough to get data transmission like WiFi because even then it's dead easy to make international phone calls or chat. Better still with a WiFi enabled mobile phone.

[s7r0ng3r]

The way I see it, cabin crew will request that phones be kept on Silent mode to make sure pax can get a good night's sleep