Honeywell: Passengers relying more on inflight connectivity

Honeywell Aerospace said airline passengers would rather have an internet connection than food on-board a flight, which is indicative of how much people now rely on their electronic devices in everyday life. “We asked passengers what they would trade off and whether they would trade a meal for connectivity,” Honeywell Aerospace VP Kristin Slyker said. “A large percentage of passengers chose Wi-Fi over an inflight meal.” Another measure of how keen people are to keep their inflight connectivity has been seen since the US and UK imposed a ban on large personal electronic devices (PEDs) on flights from certain Middle East airports. Honeywell has seen evidence that people flying from parts of Asia were connecting through India—rather than the affected Middle East hubs—in order to keep their PEDs with them. <br/>