Kingfisher selects OnAir's mobile phone, internet services

New Delhi, Sept 5 (UNI) Kingfisher Airlines has selected OnAir to offer passengers a full range of communication services.

From next year, Kingfisher's long-haul passengers will be able to use e-mails and phone calls while flying.

Business travellers can take advantage of flight time to stay in touch with their office, to catch up with e-mail and to work using their corporate network.

Leisure travellers will also have the option of staying in touch by phone, and of checking personal email and chatting with friends and family through an inflight entertainment system.

The service is based on an onboard server and is connected to the ground infrastructure through SwiftBroadband, Inmarsat's broadband satellite infrastructure. Passengers will be billed by operators on their regular bill.

OnAir's services will initially be installed on five new Airbus A330s and five new Airbus A340s with plans in place to install the system across its entire long-range fleet.

Kingfisher plans to use its A330s on routes to Europe and Asia, while the A340s will service longer non-stop flights such as to the United States.

UNI