For many it will be the greatest airborne horror of all times.

But, like it or not, it’s coming for you. Buckle up, you’re about to experience turbulent times.

The truth is out: mobiles don’t actually harm aeronautical navigation equipment. Soon mobiles will be finding their way on to planes, thanks to services like OnAir, who recently trialed their next generation “picocell” base stations onboard Air France. (These picocell stations are linked by satellite to ground-based networks, providing network coverage at 30,000 feet.)

Of course, not everyone is celebrating the fact that satellite links have the advantage of working even over oceans, or that the equipment is much lighter and cheaper than the elaborate earlier generation of satellite technology, which provided Wi-Fi access on some aircraft, but was never widely adopted.

Frequent fliers seem to hate the idea of mobile connectivity a mile high, but the industry claims that there will be plenty of demand.

In a recent survey by Sita, the global IT provider to the aviation industry, of 1,450 passengers at Heathrow, Gatwick and Schiphol airports, 65% of business travellers interviewed said they were likely to make a call from their mobile during the flight if the option was available.

Of course, the insane roaming fees might just keep things quiet in economy. Business travelers are likely to talk more knowing that the company is picking up the bill.

Widespread trials begin this summer, and before long you too will be able to…err, enjoy?… inflight mobile service.