Domestic carriers allow in-flight mobile device use

A number of domestic airlines have announced that they will allow passengers to use in-flight portable electronic devices after the regulator loosened restrictions earlier this week. But, most internal flights are not yet equipped with Wi-Fi services and that is not set to change significantly in the near future.

Hainan Airlines and China Eastern Airlines were the first to announce that passengers could use mobile phones, tablets and laptops with airplane mode switched on during the whole flight.

Later, China Southern, Xiamen Air, Shandong Airlines, Spring Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines, announced this week that the use of electronic devices is permitted on their flights.