ONAIR LAUNCHES COMPLETE INFLIGHT CONNECTIVITY FOR EGYPTAIR

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- OnAir, the world's leading provider of
inflight communications, Wednesday launched full Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir
inflight passenger communications services on the first of EGYPTAIR's fleet of
twin-aisle Airbus 330-300 aircraft.

The aircraft operates to London.

More of the airline's aircraft are scheduled to be equipped with the
facilities in coming months, said a statement from EGYPTAIR Airlines.

EGYPTAIR customers will be able to stay connected inflight using their own
mobile phones or smartphones. Customers will also be able to access the Internet
just as they do on the ground by connecting their laptops wirelessly.

In providing both GSM/GPRS as well as Wi-Fi Internet, OnAir will enable
EGYPTAIR's customers to have available to them the broadest range of inflight
connectivity options available anywhere in the world today, enabling them to
surf the Internet, check the weather forecast at destination, buy theatre
tickets, or make arrangements for transport from their airport to their
place of residence.

In the statement issued from Geneva, EGYPTAIR Airlines Chairman and chief
executive officer, Captain Alaa Ashour, said: "We're delighted to be helping
provide EGYPTAIR customers from today with a full range of connectivity services
as they travel - services that travellers are increasingly expecting to have at
their disposal."

Meanwhile, OnAir Chief Executive Officer, Ian Dawkins said within two to
three years all airlines would likely demand for such a level of onboard mobile
communications.

Mobile OnAir uses the industry's most advanced and extensive infrastructure
for mobile communications, along with Inmarsat SwiftBroadband, high capacity
services from Inmarsat 4th generation satellites. This gives air travellers the
best reach and performance available today.
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