< Lacking payphones, Indiana chaplain starts cell phone ministry | | Are there any phone booths left in Pittsburgh? > Verizon to end its Airfone service June 29, 2006 The Airfone, owned by Verizon, is essentially an extremely expensive in-flight payphone. I remember using one of these phones to make a call in 2001 -- the bill was alarming to say the least. I don't recall the exact number but I seem to remember a 10 minute call costing 40 or 50 bucks. I have since used these phones occasionally to make calls in-flight, usually when a flight is late and someone expecting to meet me at the airport might not be aware of the delay. I don't travel enough by plane any more to say whether or not I'll miss the Airfone, but I do hope that someone buys this division and keeps this option available in some form. I am surprised to find that the Airfone division employs 140 people. That seems like a lot of overhead for what is essentially a small payphone operation. Read more at Reuters.com