Hey George,
Unfortunately no as it's considered a transmitting device and would need to be switched off at all stages of the flight... (Unless there's flight mode capability but that would defeat the whole purpose of a scanner).
I see you have an EK flight on Saturday, how about hooking up with their inflight wifi and using LiveATC?
http://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en...f-electronics/
http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airl...ions/global/en
Happy Flying.