Air France has become the first airline to offer international passengers e-mail and text-messaging service that's based on standard cell phone technology. The catch: It's only available on a single Airbus A318 aircraft in the Air France fleet, and passengers won't know ahead of time whether the service will be available on their flight. "
That will be a surprise every day," Air France spokeswoman Marina Tymen said Thursday. "
They will be aware of that just when they look at the information leaflet and the questionnaire (in the seat pocket) in front of them." Another clue: a new "no mobile" light next to ones for "no smoking" and "fasten your seat belt."
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