Today, it's exactly forty years since the first flight of the Boeing 747 . (Photo: Flight Global ). This significant milestone was discussed on the BBC Radio 4 business programme 'The Bottom Line' on Saturday. During the programme, two key questions were raised: firstly, whether the 747 had changed ...

I read a business article in The Economist ('Mobile Phones on planes - Your call') during the Christmas holidays about the current developments in passenger in-flight systems, specifically the provision of Internet data access and the potential to support mobile (cell) phone voice calls during fligh...