Airbus Completes Test Of GSM Mobile Phone Use During Flight

Airbus yesterday completed its first inflight test using GSM mobile phones aboard an A320, predicting the phones could be available to airlines and passengers by 2006. The trial, which took place aboard the A320 flight-test aircraft flying in and out of Toulouse, "is part of an ongoing technical...

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