Abagibeli e-Oman Air bazokwazi ukufinyelela ekuxhumekeni kwe-inthanethi futhi bakwazi ukusebenzisa amadivaysi abo eselula kusukela maphakathi noFebhuwari lapho inkampani yezindiza yethula lezi zinsizakalo - okokuqala embonini yezindiza, isho kanjalo - nge-Airbus A330 esanda kulethwa.
Inkampani yezindiza yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi, inkampani kazwelonke yeSultanate yase-Oman, ayikwazanga ukutshela i-eTN ukuthi izindleko zokuxhuma ku-inthanethi okungenantambo zizoba ngamalini, njengoba "zisaxoxwa," kodwa okhulumela u-Matt Grainger uthe, "Kungenzeka ukuthi bazokwazi. okuncomekayo kubagibeli besigaba sokuqala.” Kodwa-ke, wonke amakilasi azokwazi ukufinyelela endaweni ebavumela ukuthi bathumele i-SMS, i-imeyili, i-Facebook, ne-Twitter ngokuthanda kwabo.
I-WiFi kanye nezinsizakalo zeselula bezilokhu zingena kancane kancane ezinhlanganweni zezindiza eziningi, kodwa hhayi ndawonye. I-Delta yethula insizakalo yayo ye-WiFi ngonyaka odlule ezinsizeni zayo zasekhaya. Abanye abafana ne-Emirates kanye ne-Ryanair baqale ngezinsizakalo zocingo oluphathwayo emizileni emifushane - esimweni sakamuva, njengendlela yokwandisa imali engenayo, into umthwali azimisele ukuyisebenzisa ngamanani abikwa ukuthi angafika ku-£ 3 ngomzuzu.
I-A330 yokuqala ye-Oman Air ehlanganisiwe yeselula ne-WiFi cishe izosevisa umzila wayo waseLondon Heathrow oya eMuscat. Amanye ayisithupha ayaliwe kulindeleke ukuthi alethwe ngohlelo oluzoqala ngo-2011.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Oman Air ayikaze inikeze amasistimu efoni angemuva, ngakho-ke ukuthutha kuwukugxuma okukhulu kobuchwepheshe benkampani yezindiza. Isikhulu esiphezulu, uPeter Hill, uthe: “Kubahambi abaningi, ikhono lokuxhumana ngocingo, i-SMS, i-imeyili, noma i-inthanethi manje seliyingxenye ebalulekile yokuphila kwansuku zonke. Abantu baya ngokuya belindela ukuxhumana noma kuphi nanoma nini.” Kodwa inkampani yezindiza igcizelele ukuthi izinsiza zizolawulwa ngabasebenzi ukuze abagibeli bangaphazamiseki ngezikhathi ezithile njengokuthi ubusuku bonke lapho abantu abaningi bezama ukulala.
Imikhumbi yenkampani yezindiza i-A330 ifakwe uhlelo lwe-Airbus ALNA V2, kusetshenziswa isixazululo se-Honeywell's SwiftBroadband (SBB). Lokhu kusekela kokubili umakhalekhukhwini kanye nokuxhumana kwe-inthanethi endizeni, kuqinisekisa ukuthi noma imaphi amadivaysi abagibeli abawakhethayo, bangakwazi ukufinyelela kuwo.
Ukuxhumana endizeni kungesinye isinyathelo sesinyathelo sakamuva se-Oman Air esibheke endaweni yokunethezeka eyengeziwe futhi egxile kusevisi njengoba ithinta imakethe yezokuvakasha ehlonishwayo. I-A330 entsha iphinde inikeze ikhabethe lesigaba sokuqala, okunye okungeziwe okusha komzila we-Heathrow, okunikela ngama-mini-suites ayisithupha anemibhede eyisicaba nama-monitor angama-23-intshi, kanye nendawo yokuphumula ehlukile, kuyilapho abasebenzi manje sebegqoke imifaniswano eklanywe yi-Balenciaga.
NgoZibandlela, inkampani yezindiza yethula umkhankaso wokukhangisa wamazwe ngamazwe ongama-US$10 wezigidi ezimakethe eziyinhloko zaseYurophu nase-Asia lapho i-UK, i-France, neJalimane icaciswa njengezinjongo ezithile. Lo mkhankaso uza ngemuva kokwethulwa kwemizila emisha eya eParis, Munich, Frankfurt, Male in the Maldives, naseColombo eSri Lanka.
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