QATAR Airways is to ban mobile phone calls on its flights to avoid air rage.
The airline is allowing text calls, and is providing WiFi and high spead broadband access for laptops.
But chief executive Akbar al Baker said research showed that 80 per cent of customers do not want mobile calls to be allowed inflight.
"We will have the facility on board - it's just a question of flicking a switch. But we have decided not to allow mobile calls on planes for a very simple reason - comfort. We don't want people to start speaking loudly in the cabin on a night flight.
And they are right to do so!
Mobile phones should be banned in the plane. Not only is it annoying to find someone talking so close to you about their personal affairs but also, it increases the risk of the flight accidents.
People in my country find mobile phones as essential as their breath and swarm about talking loudly on the phone everywhere, even on flights! Heights of madness!