WiFi and Hackers in KLM airplanes

Today The Netherlands announced that the Airplanes of KLM will be equipted with WiFi-accespoints in the airplane itself. This will allow the passengers to use internet while being in the air. This is great news - but it is awesome news for hackers.

Clients in the air

The clients that are being used in airplanes are most of the times simple smartphone devices that have little to no security options enabled.
These devices are an possible target for hackers in the air.

Man in the middle attack 

A man in the middle attack is easily done when it comes to smartphones. Smartphones don't have a function to check if the access point has changed or that someone is reading the internet traffic.

Disable your electronic devices

It is standard routine in The Netherlands - when you are in the airplane and your still on the ground you are obligated to turn of your smart phone as it could affect the airplane instruments.
This seems to be solved as KLM is introducing WiFi-access points.

Connection

The clients will connect to the access point - the access point gets the connection from Satellites. The clients will be paying 20 euros to get an ticket to connect to the WiFi access point.