Starting December 1, SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will take over the operation of services between Singapore and Penang, Malaysia. Singapore Airlines currently has a daily morning flight while SilkAir has two daily flights to Penang. The extra flight will allow SilkAir to offer morning, afternoon and evening flights to Penang. Flights are subject to regulatory approvals.
Web: www.silkair.com.
FlyNet takes off again
Lufthansa will reintroduces FlyNet, its satellite-based Internet on-board service, in mid-2010 allowing customers to communicate above the clouds via broadband Internet. In addition to wireless Internet access, the new service will permit inflight data transfer over standard GSM/GPRS mobile networks. Lufthansa passengers will also be able to send text messages by mobile phone and transfer data via smartphones like PDAs, iPhones or BlackBerry devices.
