Aeromexico, based in Mexico City, Mexico, said it would allow passengers to use mobile phones on board its flights after Mexico lifted, on September 1, 2009, a ban on the use of mobile phones on board aircraft operating in the country.

Inflight mobile phone calls on Ryanair flights have taken off, with the Dublin-based airline saying that it has enabled mobile telephony on 20 of its planes. Later, technology for inflight mobile phone calls will be extended to all 170 Ryanair planes.

Keeping people connected, Emirates in-flight mobile telephone service has clocked up its 100,000th user this week, confirming a dramatic increase in calls this year. A total of 31 Emirates passenger aircraft are now installed with the AeroMobile service, the largest of any commercial airline.