'空中上網'業務方興未艾 東航將提供該項服務

Airline to offer Wi-Fi

飛機上將會提供無線上網

China Eastern Airlines will launch in-flight Wi-Fi services on 21 of its flights, making the first extensive splash in the huge potential domestic market.

東航將在21架飛機上向旅客提供"空中上網"服務，這是國內首次批准這一服務大範圍使用，標誌着一個潛力巨大的市場的解封。

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will give green light to more airlines to launch such services, said an insider.

一位知情人士透露，接下來還會有更多航企獲得工信部放行。

Currently, it is estimated that there are 360m people travelling by air annually in China, each flying 2.5 hours on average. That makes a total of 900m potential hours yet to be filled.

據估算，按照中國民航年均運送旅客3.6億人次、人均飛行2.5小時計算，一年就有9億小時的飛行時間可以利用。

The in-flight online services thus have the potential to become an RMB100b industry, according to experts.

因此專家認爲，整個民航互聯網產業規模可能將超過千億元。