The revolution will not be televised

…because you won’t have any battery left

Australia is facing an energy crisis – a personal electronic device energy crisis, as passengers on domestic flights face the reality that the majority of flights within Australia do not offer at-seat power, while the length of time many passengers are allowed to use their devices is set to increase by 30 to 60 minutes.

CASA has finally approved Qantas’s and Virgin Australia’s requests to allow passengers to use their devices in airplane mode during all phases of flight. That’s what other regulators worldwide – including those covering Qantas’s New Zealand-based and regulated Jetconnect trans- Tasman subsidary, which was approved for gate-to-gate device use in July this year – have been allowing for nearly a year.

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