It’s been coming in fits and starts for some time, but wireless broadband on airplanes is increasingly becoming a reality.

 

Created in 2005, OnAir is a subsidiary of Airbus and SITA, a provider of IT solutions for the transporation industry. OnAir’s services enable passengers to use their portable devices (laptops, mobile phones and PDAs) as well as the airplane’s own equipment, to communicate just as easily in the air as on the ground.

 

Well today’s news saw HighDeal announce that OnAir was leveraging HighDeal’s pricing and rating solutions to manage Mobile OnAir, its mobile telephony offer aimed at airline companies.

 

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