Cruising on the sea doesn't mean out of touch. Hapag-Lloyd passengers can now remain in touchin the most remote corners of the world, thanks to OnAir.

OnAir and TriaGnoSys have launched a lightweight solution that allows business jet passengers to use their mobile devices and laptops during flights.

By Bernard Fitzsimons. Demand for in-flight connectivity is snowballing, according to Stephan Egli, chief commercial officer with on-board communications provider and first-time MEBA exhibitor OnAir. The Geneva-based company has contracts with 30-plus airlines, more than 10 of them in the Middle East.

Oct. 24, 2010. Attention passengers: It's perfectly safe to use your cellphones. By Justus Bender With more than 28,000 commercial flights in the skies over the United States every day, there are probably few sentences in the English language that are spoken more often and insistently than this: “Please turn off all electronic devices.” Asking why passengers must turn off their mobile phones on airplanes seems like an odd question. Because! With a sentence said so often there simply must be a reason for it. Or — is there not?