Comments on: British Airways won't retrofit for mobile communications

Airline is planning to launch a mobile e-mail, Web browsing, and texting service on two new Airbus A318 planes this fall. But retrofitting old planes is too costly, CEO says.

[tech_crazy]

The name is SITA (abbreviation for Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) and not Sita. Also, it is not a company but more of an association of companies.

http://www.sita.aero

[setjeff15081947]

Dang! I thought from the headline, which I read too quickly, that British Airways was scrapping the "In-Flight-Web" nonsense totally. I suppose the insanity is ubiquitous, n'est-ce pas?

[viper396]

Thanks god none of the airlines have decided to allow in-flight cell phone calls. All arguments about aircraft electronic interferance aside, I for one don't want to spend an entire flight sitting next to someone talking away on his/her phone. Plane flight can be an annoying, uncomfortable experience as it is without some loud talking chatty individual aggravating everyone around.