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Chris Zappone Senior reporter, aviation September 26, 2025 — 11.30am

In our wired world, the chance for waking, peaceful solitude is a rare and somewhat precious thing.

For many, one of the last places to find it is aboard a plane during a long flight. The cabin of an aircraft becomes a sanctuary – a personal space for thinking, writing, and quiet entertainment, detached from the demands of daily life.

Now, in the name of progress, that sanctuary is at risk. The culprit: in-flight Wi-Fi .

Part of the joy of flying has always been the freedom it offers – the solitude to work, to think, to just be, and to view at a distance life outside an endless stream of updates on screens.

It’s even a place to simply be bored , which is a

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