Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com, August 14, China Eastern Airlines, Air China, HNA, Xiamen Airlines and other airlines have issued "mobile phone bans" one after another since 2018, but due to policy and technology and other reasons, passengers are still unable to play with their mobile phones wantonly on the plane, such as banning the use of mobile phones during critical stages such as taxiing, take-off, landing and so on.

In addition, there has always been a "3000-meter limit" on the Internet of domestic civil airliners, and the aircraft must climb to an altitude of more than 3000 meters in order to connect to the satellite network.

Yesterday, Xiamen Airlines announced that it took the lead in upgrading the wide-body aircraft fleet below 3000 meters of air Internet, becoming the first airline in China to provide passengers with uninterrupted "air WiFi" Internet access services throughout the wide-body fleet flights.

The Xiamen Airlines wide-body aircraft fleet has completed a continuous "air WiFi" upgrade, and passengers can stay connected even if they are less than 3000 meters, increasing the Internet time by 30 to 40 minutes than before.

According to reports, at present, the Xiamen aviation fleet has reached 159:

9 Airbus A321neo

138Boeing 737 Series (9 Boeing 737-700119, 10 Boeing 737MAX8)

12 Boeing 787 series (6 Boeing 787-8 rewards 6 Boeing 787-9)

CTOnews.com found that at present, "air Wi-Fi" is mainly divided into two modes: one is wireless local area network, in which passengers can only connect wireless signals in the cabin and browse entertainment audio-visual projects in designated web pages; the other is air-to-ground interconnection, that is, it can connect with the network on the ground, and can work, play, shop online, and chat.

Prior to this, auspicious Airlines also announced that it would abolish the "height restriction on the use of 3000 meters" for air Internet access, and planned to complete the transformation and testing of the air-to-ground interconnection system for six aircraft by the end of August.

Air China and other airlines have previously answered the question of "whether the use of the network on the aircraft will affect flight safety": the aircraft has repeatedly done electromagnetic compatibility tests before and after the modification of Wi-Fi equipment, which will not interfere with the aircraft's flight communication system.

In terms of fees, China Eastern Airlines, auspicious Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and other companies have their own various flow packages, some of which can be exchanged with aviation points, while others can be purchased on Ctrip, air travel and other platforms.

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