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Old 19th May 2008, 12:25 AM
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Default Mobile Phone enabled Qantas aircraft

Hi all,

Just wondering which of the aircraft in the QF fleet are now enabled with a mobile phone PicoCell so you can text and check your email. The trial started in April 2007, with just 1 aircraft, but hopefully more should be used now?

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I flew on the 767 last year from SYD-PER, pretty sure it was VH-OGI, sending them is quite expensive compared to normal SMS fees.
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Old 19th May 2008, 09:17 AM
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I flew on the 767 last year from SYD-PER, pretty sure it was VH-OGI, sending them is quite expensive compared to normal SMS fees.
yeh it goes through a satellite to norway, then onto the respective mobile networks.

There was a good article in May's Australian Aviation.
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The trial ended in January and resume "late 2008" so expect the aircraft to have the technology in the last quarter. OGI was the aircraft but I don't think you can use your mobiles on it currently.
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