Mobile Service, Internet and LiveTV soon in flightsCathay Pacific, A leading international airline of Hong Kong, has announced its plans to fit entire fleet with Internet broadband service, mobile telephone network and Live televisions. Now those days are not far when broadband internet access, mobile phone service and even liveTV on flights would be a reality. However it won’t be a free service, The airline will announce the prices at the time of roll out.

The airline has entered in a deal with Panasonic Avionics, a broadband system that will have speeds of up to 50 megabytes on its aircrafts by early 2012. Flights will also have a service for mobile phones. The system will be accessible through all passenger devices and seat-back screens and will include a range of content updated during the flight, plus live television with a pay-per-view capability for special events.[ad code=1 align=center]

Alex McGowan, head of product for Cathay Pacific quoted “We believe that being connected is now an expected part of everyday life, not just for business purposes but also to stay in touch with family and friends, This system will allow passengers to be as ‘in touch’ as they wish to be while enjoying the service,”.

Cathay has claimed it is the first airline in Asia to announce its plans to use the broadband system and the first airline in the world to announce its use in its full fleet. Several other airlines, including Delta and Virgin, are also updating their fleets with wifi systems.

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