Air travellers oppose mobile phones in flight: survey

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SINGAPORE (AFP) — Most travellers oppose the use of mobile phones on aeroplanes but would not mind striking up a chat with their seatmate, a survey released to AFP on Monday showed.

The survey by global market research firm Synovate found that many travellers would rather look for cheaper flights than curtail their travel plans due to rising costs.

Customers in five Asian markets -- Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand -- were surveyed along with those in Brazil, Britain, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

The survey, conducted in July via e-mail, telephone and face-to-face interviews, involved 13,000 respondents, of which 6,900 said they had travelled by air, according to Synovate....