Virgin Airways to Provide In-Flight Text-Message Information Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 8, 2006 - 1:14pm.

London - Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced plans to introduce an in-flight text message service, which will allow passengers to post questions on seat-back screens and receive answers from a land-based answer service, Reuters reported. "It's a great way to ask for a recommended bar in New York, what's the best way to get over jet-lag, or what's the best way to chat up the cabin crew," a Virgin spokeswoman told Reuters. Another U.K. carrier, discount airline Ryanair, plans to introduce an in-flight gambling service in the second quarter. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has said that such a service could potentially create enough revenue to enable the airline to do away with air fares.

http://tinyurl.com/jnkzd (Reuters)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2005-11-02-ryanair-no-airfare_x.htm
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com
http://www.ryanair.com