Commercial director of Unitel Maksim Efremov said: “In March, we announced to our customers, that they are the first in the country, who can experience the benefits of communication in the air, using the roaming on boards of the airplanes of several airlines. Today we are pleased to announce a partnership with another, on-board communication operator, that allows to double the list of airlines on flights to which Beeline can provide this innovative service and provide customers with reliable communication during the flight”.

Now, Beeline subscribers can use roaming services in the aircrafts of such airlines as Aeroflot, All Nippon Airways, AZAL, Cebu Pacific Air, Egyptair, Hong Kong Airlines, Iberia, Libyan Airlines, Oman Air, Philippine Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Saudia, TAM Airlines and Thai Airways.

Earlier the operator said that it partnered with British mobile operator AeroMobile to provide roaming services in flights of such airlines as Transaero, British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Aer Lingus and Eva Air.

The cost of roaming services on board of the aircraft did not change:

• a minute of incoming call - $7.98
• a minute of outgoing call to Uzbekistan - $6.96
• a minute of outgoing call to other countries - $8.40
• an outgoing SMS - $1,26
• GPRS (1 MB) - $27