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AeroMobile Heads High with Virgin Atlantic
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 - Aeromobile, the world’s leading provider of in-flight mobile communications
for passengers, is providing its award-winning service to Virgin Atlantic’s newest
aircraft.
Virgin’s new fleet of 10 Airbus A330s, which will come into service early next
year, will initally be installed with AeroMobile technology post-aircraft delivery
It will enable Virgin Atlantic’s passengers to make calls and send text messages
or email from 35,000 feet and they will join the more than 2.4 million air travellers
who have already used the AeroMobile services since its launch in April 2008 –
the first time it was commercially available.
Bjorn-Taale Sandberg CEO of AeroMobile said ‘This milestone announcement with
Virgin Atlantic underlines our position as the most successful in-flight GSM service
in the market today. The majority of Airbus aircraft in service today with in-flight
cellular connectivity are served by AeroMobile ‘
“As ground-breaking innovators who put passenger experience at the forefront
of what we do, Virgin Atlantic and AeroMobile make for perfect partners.
“We are proud that Virgin Atlantic has chosen us for their next big step into
the future of in-flight passenger experience. We are both used to pushing the
boundaries on behalf of our customers so it’s a great breakthrough for us.
“We are now achieving real scale for our business, underlining that our technology
is now recognised by both passengers and airlines is a ‘must have’.”
AeroMobile’s service on Virgin’s incoming fleet is delivered through eXPhone
and forms part of Panasonic Avionics’ eX2 IFEC platform. Virgin Atlantic is one
of the first European carriers to adopt this technology. The eXPhone system will
initially be operating over Inmarsat Swiftbroadband and fully supports Virgin
Atlantic’s desire to move towards full connectivity with Panasonic Avionics on
future aircraft.
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About AeroMobile:
AeroMobile Communications Limited is a UK-based company, wholly owned by Telenor
Group, the world’s 6th largest telecoms company. AeroMobile has offices in the
UK, Oslo, Seattle, Dubai and Singapore.
AeroMobile provides world class, proven, technology and services that allow the
safe and managed use of passengers own mobile phones and PDAs in-flight. As the
market leader our services are available for installation either at the point
of aircraft manufacture (forward fit) or on aircraft in service (retrofit) across
both Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Since 2008 over 2.4 million passengers have used
AeroMobile services.
The AeroMobile system is available through Panasonic as an integrated IFEC solution,
branded eXPhone. We are in operation today with Emirates Airline and Malaysian
Airlines, other announced airline commitments include Lufthansa, V Australia,
Qantas, Air New Zealand and Turkish Airlines. More information may be found at
www.aeromobile.net
For more information contact:
Steve Double or Charlie Hampton
at Bell Pottinger Business & Brand
Telephone: 020 7861 2449/2431
For all media inquiries, please contact Steve Double
on 0044 (0)207 861 2449 or Charlie Hampton on 0044 (0)207 861 2431 at Bell Pottinger Public Relations |
