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Thanks to Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink WiFi, passengers on British Airways flights can now make a phone or video call, and every single plane from the airline will have the same technology in two years time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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What this means is that soon you will be able to Facetime, WhatsApp video call, or zoom or Teams call, and even watch Instagram livestreams in the sky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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This was described as a \u201clandmark moment\u201d which will \u201ctransform customer experience\u201d by Sean Doyle, British Airways chairman and chief executive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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However, with this new development comes a massive concern that is becoming commonplace on commercial flights, and that is \u201cbare beating\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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What is \u201cbare beating\u201d, exactly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The term, which has gone viral and was coined by Metro, describes the act of letting the beats of your music or phone conversation play out loud, rather than using earphones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n It has since become a hot topic of conversation in the travel industry. It also includes the travel trend of playing music, videos, or phone calls out loud without headphones, forcing surrounding passengers to listen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Therefore, it is increasingly treated as a serious breach of etiquette, with airlines now implementing bans, potential removal, and fines, as seen in United Airlines’ updated contract of carriage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n But what does British Airways say?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n To help ensure \u201cevery customer has an enjoyable flight\u201d, the same applies if you\u2019re watching or listening to content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At present, British Airways hasn\u2019t specified any consequences for breaking these rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Other airlines, however, have already set the precedent, with carriers in the US and beyond introducing harsh consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, American Airlines also made headlines after it had a woman escorted off a flight by police, all because she played video without headphones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n She was onboard a flight from Miami to Tampa, and had continued to play the video even though she was asked multiple times by the crew to stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n In other countries like India, authorities recently reminded travellers that using headphones is mandatory during flights, as per Indian aviation rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n British Airways isn\u2019t the only UK airline to launch Starlink WiFi however, as Emirates has also announced it\u2019s transforming its WiFi service with Starlink.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n This means that passengers will soon be able to \u201cvideo call friends and family, work, and browse socials\u201d on flights, they said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The internet service developed by Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX provides high-speed internet and it is powered by more than 10,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n This means that through Starlink you can get internet in the air. It also means there is a high risk you will encounter a \u201cbarebeater\u201d on your flight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n #nightmare #trend #coming #flight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brace yourselves… Thanks to Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink WiFi, passengers on British Airways flights can now make a phone or video call, and every single plane from the airline will have the same technology in two years time. What this means is that soon you will be able to Facetime, WhatsApp video call, or zoom or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3982,1855,625,1857,4920,4919,4921],"class_list":{"0":"post-4744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-barebeaters","9":"tag-british-airways","10":"tag-coming","11":"tag-flight","12":"tag-nightmare","13":"tag-starlink","14":"tag-trend"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"British](\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F02%2FAdobeStock_445709131_Editorial_Use_Only.jpeg%3Fheight%3D683%26amp%3Bwidth%3D1024&w=64&q=75)
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