Budget airline and owner of garish website, Ryanair will begin trialling in-flight mobile phone use by the middle of August, following Ofcom’s decision in April to allow mobiles on aircraft.

The cheap flight provider is the first airline to roll out the plan, which is also being evaluated by BMI and Emirates, among others. The trial will initially be on a limited basis only, allowing users to make calls on certain specified flights. Ryanair will apparently not be imposing massive roaming charges for speaking to your mum at 30,000 feet as many pundits had predicted, but users will simply be subject to the same standard roaming charges as if they were calling from Earth. Presumably the airline is hoping that increased custom from all of those skywarriors who just can’t wait until touch down to make their calls will pay for the cost of the onboard equipment necessary to allow sky calls.