• November 19th, 2012

    Emirates Adopts HP’s ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Tablets To Improve Its In-Flight Service

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    The world’s tech pundits have already written quite a bit about how Windows 8 will likely see very little adoption by business users, but Emirates, the fast-growing Dubai-based airline, just announced that it has developed a Windows 8-based line-of-business app called Knowledge Driven Inflight Service (KIS) to help its crews provide better in-flight service. → Read More

    March 21st, 2008

    Emirates becomes first airline to allow cellphone calls while in flight

    [photopress:emiratescell.jpg,full,center] Arsenal FC sponsor Emirates became the first airline to allow cellphone calls while in the air. The Dubai-based airline uses an AeroMobile technology that prevents cellphones from interfering with an airplane’s electronics. Right now, the service is limited to regular cellphone calls and text messages, with BlackBerry and other data services (like… → Read More