Austrian Airlines, Austria's national airline, will be able to offer its passengers Wi-Fi service on it's Phuket flight by 2007 the company announced yesterday. It is trialing Boeing Services new Connexion Wi-Fi technology on it's Singapore and Kuala Lumpur flights first before extending it to the rest of it's long haul destinations.

Passengers will be able to plug in special laptop adaptors so that they can surf the net through the wireless LAN at 30,000 feet. Initially only passengers travelling on business class will be offered this service and will incur a US$27 charge.