You could soon be checking email, Facebook and WhatsApp on domestic flights

Centre may allow Internet access by August-end; you will also be able make phone calls over Wi-Fi

Customers will soon be able to use WhatsApp, access email, and log on to Facebook on their flights, as the Centre is likely to permit internet accessibility by August-end. 

The civil aviation ministry has, for a long time, been trying to push "very very" hard to introduce wi-fi facilities on board flights. To permit on board wi-fi services, amendments would be required to the provisions of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and Indian Telegraph Rules. 

If and when implemented, passengers would not only be able to access the internet but also make phone calls over Wi-Fi from flights. Currently, Wi-Fi services