AeroMobile offers new advance payment card for inflight service

 The offier is coming from AeroMobile which announced the introduction of the pre-paid cards for in-flight mobile services today.  

The pre-paid service offers voice, SMS and GPRS capabilities. Subscriptions will be valid for an extended period enabling travellers to use them over several flights. Users will also be able to check the account balance by dialling a short code, and purchase more credit if required.

The unique service will be provided via pre-paid SIM cards, distributed through AeroMobile’s airline customers and partners, so that they can be provided for passenger use in their own mobile devices on any AeroMobile-equipped aircraft.

AeroMobile’s CEO, Bjorn-Taale Sandberg said today: “The pre-paid service will enable our airline partners to provide an inexpensive and convenient means of inflight cellular communication to their cost-conscious passengers. This will also open up the possibility of new value-added amenities for premium or frequent flyer passengers, and could be used for crew applications too.

“We’ve combined our experience in inflight connectivity with our parent company Telenor’s longstanding telecoms pedigree to produce this new service, and are confident it will become popular.
“The pre-paid service will allow us to create an in-flight retail proposition that can be uniquely tailored to our partner airlines’ passenger demographic”.  

The AeroMobile system is available through Panasonic as an integrated IFEC solution, branded eXPhone. It is in operation today with Emirates Airline and Malaysian Airlines. Other announced airline commitments include Lufthansa, V Australia, Virgin Atlantic, Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific and Turkish Airlines.