Swiss allows smartphones and tablets
Swiss Airlines will allow its passengers to use smartphones and tablet computers during flights in the future. This also applies to takeoff and landing. The new policy could take effect in the middle of the year.
First, however, the conditions of use would have to be adapted and the Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) would have to be involved, Swiss wrote on Friday in response to a request. Until then, the current regulation will remain in place. The background to the measure is a new directive issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in December, which is being implemented by various airlines. One step further than Swiss is the French airline Air France, which has adopted the same measure with immediate effect. Lufthansa had already announced on Thursday that it would allow the use of smartphones and tablet computers as of March 1. However, phone calls on board and the use of electronic devices via Bluetooth or Wifi remain prohibited. Thus, the sending or receiving of e-mails is also not allowed. (SDA)
