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OnAir is a company that enables airline and cruise ship passengers to use their mobile phones and laptops for calls, text messaging, emails and Internet browsing. By May 2014, OnAir’s services were available in over 60 countries; used by 22 airlines flying over five continents. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of SITA, originally incorporated as a joint venture with Airbus in February 2005. In February 2013 Airbus sold its 33% final stake to SITA. The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has operations in Seattle and sales offices in London, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai. ==Services== OnAir offers three services which aircraft operators can order together or separately: *Internet OnAir is a Wi-Fi network which offers Internet access at broadband speed to passengers. *Mobile OnAir is a cellphone service which offers mobile telephony, SMS and narrowband Internet access (56 kbit/s) and so allows passengers to make and receive calls on their mobile phones, send and receive text messages and emails and use the Internet. Airlines can restrict usage of these services at discretion enabling them to ban voice calls and allow only SMS and Internet access instead. Lufthansa is one airline following this restrictive approach due to passengers' alleged desire for quiet during flights. *Link OnAir' is a managed network service that allows airlines to use the IP-based satellite connection used by the aforementioned services for other applications, such as supplying in-flight entertainment systems with news content or Internet access and providing mission-critical information and communication services to air crews. *OnAir Play' combines inflight connectivity with films, TV, live news, music, games, magazines and newspapers. Passengers have access to a full range of content including live news and sport, updated throughout the flight and can buy destination-based goods and services to ease their arrival. All three services share the same satellite connection to the ground. OnAir was the first company to provide integrated GSM and inflight wifi services, with Oman Air as the launch airline in March 2010. OnAir’s technology has been certified for use on many types of aircraft – both private and commercial jets including Boeing and Airbus – for short and long haul. In most cases, it is available for linefit or retrofit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OnAir (telecommunications)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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