Emirates has been a trail-blazer in this area, allowing inflight calls for the first time on a flight on March 20th.
This year's dispute started last week with a quarrel over the sacking of some 670 staff by Gate Gourmet, BA's inflight caterers.
The hijack paradigm changed forever on 9/11, rendering the inflight takeover concept unworkable for a terrorist.
There could be further competition if Matsushita, one of the leading providers of inflight entertainment equipment, enters the fray.According to Boeing's market research, six out of ten passengers are "very interested" in the possibility of staying connected to the office and the corporate network in flight.
Inflight gambling began in the 1980s when Singapore Airlines experimented with installing one-armed bandits aboard Boeing 747s.
On advice from European and American safety experts, gambling will not be permitted during ascent, descent or spells of inflight turbulence.
Then we'll get inflight streaming, so you can download content to your heart's content.
I've had a long association with High Life, BA's inflight magazine – and have long begged readers and advertisers not to compare it with other airline magazines.
Airline crews and frequent fliers revealed some of their weirdest ever inflight experiences - from crack smoking to the heads of dead animals.
Hence apéritif become apéro, and – as I discovered in the easyJet inflight magazine en route to Geneva – the ski resort of Val Thorens becomes "Val Tho" (pronounced "toe").
While smarter tourists were tucking into breakfast at the Carnegie Deli and planning the day's cultural or retail immersion, I was checking in at the airport with only an inflight omelette to anticipate.
