Austrian Airlines goes wireless on planes

THE AUSTRIAN national airline started a new business class that will includes a power plug and a wireless LAN on board.

Lufthansa was the first to test this by offering wirelessness on its flights to America. Now the Austrians are about to follow.

Pampered fliers will now be able to use the wireless LAN and plug in their laptop adaptors while on board Austrian Airlines. We understand there will be a charge though, of around $27(US).

The airline announced this service on its Boeing B777 routes to Melbourne, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. It said it will add Delhi to the list this winter.

And it intends to extend this service to routes to New York, Washington, Toronto and Mumbai from autumn 2006 as well as Mauritius, Phuket, Colombo, and the Caribbean next year.

You can really get board on a 15 flight to Taipei and just imagine how much work you can do in those countless hours.

Now there may be no escape, not even in the deep blue yonder at 30,000 feet. µ