Aeromexico to allow use of cell phones during flights
Aeromexico’s government has lifted a ban on cell phone use during flights.
Other Mexican airlines are expected to follow suit soon. However, none will permit cell phone use on flights operating within the U.S. – where such use is prohibited.
Increased passenger ticket fee may help pay for airport expansions
The government wants to increase the passenger facility charge (PFC) from $4.50 to $7.
This PFC is how the government pays for all the horribly outdated airports in the country.
The increase should bring in billions of additional dollars – an airport like Chicago O’Hare sees 70 million passengers a year, multiply that by $7, and you have a nice chunk of change.
Three men guilty of airline bomb plot
Three Britons were convicted Monday of plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners bound for North America.
The bombers intended to simultaneously destroy at least seven planes carrying over 200 passengers each between London’s Heathrow airport and the United States and Canada in August 2006 using explosives hidden in soft drink bottles, prosecutors said.
