{"id":324535,"date":"2019-06-20T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=324535"},"modified":"2019-06-20T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:50:49","slug":"you-can-now-use-your-phone-when-flying-on-kulula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/324535\/you-can-now-use-your-phone-when-flying-on-kulula\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now use your phone when flying on Kulula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kulula.com has announced that passengers on its aircraft can now use portable electronic devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight.<\/p>\n<p>The low cost airline said devices that will be allowed to remain powered onboard include: tablets, e-readers, smartphones and other small devices such as MP3 players, electronic toys and smartwatches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taking into consideration our commitment to safety and the needs of our passengers, we are delighted to announce that passengers will now be able to read e-books, play games, watch videos and get some business done from gate-to-gate,&#8221; said Shaun Pozyn, Kulula.com head of marketing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In short, this means that passengers can now use their devices as soon as they set foot onboard our aircraft and keep it on for their entire journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kulula said that when using PED\u2019s onboard, passengers should always keep the below in consideration:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Devices must be used in airplane mode or with the cellular connection disabled. You can also continue to use short-range bluetooth accessories, like wireless keyboards;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>During the safety briefing, put down electronic devices, books and newspapers and listen to the crew member\u2019s instructions;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Always follow crew instructions and immediately turn off your device if asked to do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prior to the new policy, customers were required to turn off and stow all electronic devices during taxi, take-off and landing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/322943\/a-look-at-ubers-new-passenger-drone\/\">A look at Uber\u2019s new passenger drone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kulula.com has announced that passengers on its aircraft can now use portable electronic devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":280801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,3154],"class_list":["post-324535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-kulula-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324545,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324535\/revisions\/324545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}