Just announced...... Electronic devices have just been approved for take-off, with both of Australias major domestic carriers, #qantas and #virginaustralia, this evening confirming gate-to-gate use of smartphones and tablets effective from tomorrow. Virgin Australia confirmed that gadgets weighing less than 1kg will be permitted at all stages of a flight as long as flight mode is selected. The approval, valid from tomorrow morning, applies to all of its mainline domestic and short-haul international flights on Boeing 737, Embraer 190 and Airbus A330 aircraft. Devices weighing more than 1kg will be required to be stowed during take-off and landing, and passengers will be asked to pause use of the devices while the pre-flight safety briefing is under way. Qantas mainline domestic and international will implement the changes on flights departing from 3pm from tomorrow afternoon, while QantasLink and Jetstar are in the final stages of preparing their submission. Qantas also said its working towards enabling customers to use their own devices via a Q Streaming app to access 350 hours of on-demand entertainment on selected aircraft.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:54:44 +0000
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