a composite air to ground cellular network that interconnects an aircraft in cabin network with a ground based communication network this is accomplished by the inner network transmitting both the subscriber traffic comprising voice and or other data as well as signaling and administrative data relating to the provision of services in the aircraft feature set data between the aircraft in cabin network 3 and the ground based communication network 1 to thereby enable the wireless subscriber devices that are located in the aircraft to receive consistent wireless communication services in both the terrestrial ground based and non terrestrial regions the air to ground cellular network 2 shown in fig1 is based on wireless communications radio frequency or optical between the ground based cellular communications network and the wireless subscriber devices that are located in the aircraft with the preferred approach being that of a radio frequency connection this radio frequency connection takes on the form of a cellular topology where typically more than one cell describes the geographic footprint or coverage area of the composite air to ground cellular network 2 the air to ground connection carries both subscriber traffic and at least one of network signaling and administrative data on separate concurrently available logical channels alternatively the air to ground cellular network 2 could be achieved through a wireless satellite connection where radio frequency links are established between the aircraft and a satellite and between the satellite and the ground based communication network respectively these satellites could be.