The European Union (EU) has just made two superficially related announcements about regulation of wireless in transport, one being to approve use of 5G in planes, the other to make unlicensed 5 GHz bands available for WiFi in vehicular transport, primarily cars and buses. The second announcement was rather occluded by the first, which has the greater potential impact in Europe, where aviation has largely recovered from its pandemic decimation with 30,000 flights a day, 80% of which are internal to the continent, now operating. The European Commission has unveiled plans to approve 4G and 5G usage in planes, which would initially apply to lower-altitude flights and provide an alternative to the (often expensive) passenger WiFi services that have existed…