It’s about time. Yep, that’s the general mood of the consumers who hear this news. As of tomorrow morning, Virgin Australia will be the first to allow you to use your gadgets from gate to gate, and it’s awesome.
During a recent trip to Europe, I was pleasantly surprised to be allowed to keep my phone and tablet turned on when flying British Airways (London to Sweden and back). What this means is I can listen to my music all the way, I can sit down at the departure gate and play music all the way to my destination.
I could read and e-book, or play a game on my tablet. So easy.
The only thing you need to do is turn on Airplane mode – which disables WiFi and Bluetooth.
Of course, if in-flight entertainment is available on the plan via WiFi you are allowed to turn that on later during the flight.
It might seem simple, but for people who travel a lot, it’s a great thing, and long overdue.
Virgin Australia tells EFTM they’ll be first to allow gadgets in-flight gate-to-gate with the service starting tomorrow morinng (August 26). Qantas will follow shortly after at around 3pm.
For Virgin customers the rules are:
So, Go Go Gadget movies, music or games.
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