The US is relaxing its rules to allow air passengers to listen to music, play video games and watch films on their phones and tablets during takeoffs and landings.
The change allowing the use of electronic devices from gate-to-gate will not, however, extend to making mobile phone calls during flights.
Connections to the internet to surf, exchange emails, text or download data will also still be banned below 10,000 feet and heavier devices like laptops will have to be stowed.
Passengers will be told to switch their smartphones, tablets and other devices to airplane mode.
The US Federal Aviation Authority confirmed the move last night, although it will be up to individual airlines to decide how soon to meet the new criteria.
The change will mean that on transatlantic flights British passengers will be able to use their gadgets as they land on American soil. However, when they take off from Britain they will not be able to do so.
Under rules drawn up by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, electronic devices cannot be used during taxi, takeoff and landing on all fights entering or leaving British airspace.
However the rules could also change in Britain and across the world if the American research is shown to be credible.
An American travel industry group welcomed the changes yesterday, calling them common-sense accommodations for a traveling public now bristling with technology.
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