Aircraft comprising a seat equipped with a communication module comprising: an inductive energy transfer unit ; a transfer driver coupled to the inductive energy transfer unit and configured to generate driver signals for operating the inductive energy transfer unit ; a charging processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in an inductive power charging operation mode; a communication processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in a near field communication, NFC, operation mode; and a receptacle configured to accommodate a personal electronic device , PED, having a NFC unit which comes to rest in the vicinity of the inductive energy transfer unit when being accommodated in the receptacle ; wherein the charging processor is configured to output control signals to the transfer driver adapted to charge a battery of the PED via inductive energy transfer between the inductive energy transfer unit and the NFC unit ; wherein the communication processor is configured to output control signals to the transfer driver adapted to initiate NFC between the communication module and the PED by way of inductive signal transfer between the inductive energy transfer unit and the NFC unit ; wherein the communication processor is further configured to allocate a network authentication code to the PED via NFC for accessing a wireless network ; wherein the assignment of a wireless network connection for the PED is bound to the respective seat via the allocation of the communication module to the seat . an inductive energy transfer unit ; a transfer driver coupled to the inductive energy transfer unit and configured to generate driver signals for operating the inductive energy transfer unit ; a charging processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in an inductive power charging operation mode; a communication processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in a near field communication, NFC, operation mode; and a receptacle configured to accommodate a personal electronic device , PED, having a NFC unit which comes to rest in the vicinity of the inductive energy transfer unit when being accommodated in the receptacle ; wherein the charging processor is configured to output control signals to the transfer driver adapted to charge a battery of the PED via inductive energy transfer between the inductive energy transfer unit and the NFC unit ; wherein the communication processor is configured to output control signals to the transfer driver adapted to initiate NFC between the communication module and the PED by way of inductive signal transfer between the inductive energy transfer unit and the NFC unit ; wherein the communication processor is further configured to allocate a network authentication code to the PED via NFC for accessing a wireless network ; wherein the assignment of a wireless network connection for the PED is bound to the respective seat via the allocation of the communication module to the seat . <EOS>