A growing number of airlines including Emirates, Oman Air, Singapore Airlines, and Air Asia are rolling out services that will provide connectivity through smart phones, laptops and Blackberry's. Most airlines like Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific are putting such systems on planes like the A380, A340 and B777 that fly on long haul routes. In addition, free airport Internet is available in many Eastern airports (for example Hong Kong and Bahrain). In addition, it is generally recognized that the flagship Middle Eastern and Asian carriers are advanced to their Western counterparts in regards to quality of service and to some degree general amenities.
With Western, more specifically American, air transport being subjected to ever heightening airport security measures and inflight restrictions covering mobile connectivity and ruling out in some cases (Washington DC) a passenger relieving themselves during the last 15 Min's of travel - I wonder if the current gap in the overall air travel experience between East and West stands to widen further.
Below is an illustration of how the inflight hotspot connection process.
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