Inflight Entertainment
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A Close Look at How Inflight Entertainment Gets Installed on an Airplane
While I was up in Seattle for the APEX expo, I got invited to something fun. Dubai-based low cost carrier flydubai took…
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Is Wifi the Future of Inflight Entertainment?
As I mentioned yesterday, the big buzz at the APEX expo last week was around wireless entertainment. Can it really take over…
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Topic of the Week: American Adds Tablets as Inflight Entertainment
American has decided to ditch its existing portable inflight entertainment system and go with the cooler Samsung Galaxy tablet instead. This may…
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American’s Test of Video Streaming is Just the First Step
American announced this week that it would begin testing streaming video with wifi-provider GoGo on a couple of airplanes, and it will…
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Cranky on the Web (April 11-15)
In-flight entertainment following the times – CNN Out of the Office I remain convinced that one of these days, inflight entertainment will…
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United Announces Onboard Wifi, But It’s Hardly a Ringing Endorsement
Earlier this week, United announced that it will finally put wifi onboard about 200 of its airplanes. You would think that this…
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Delta Adds Wifi to Regional Jets, Gets Closer to Matching the Mainline Experience
For years, we’ve all put up with airlines having two types of onboard products. They had the mainline product on larger airplanes…
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Mobile Phones Should be Allowed on Airplanes
After talking to Emirates last year about onboard mobile phone use, I said that I was “less averse” to the idea. Now…
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JetBlue Installing Ka Band Internet – What the Heck is That?
Big news from the Blue Crew earlier this week when JetBlue announced it would finally be installing broadband internet onboard. But this…
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Is There a Future for Inflight Entertainment Providers? Here’s What the Big Guys are Working On
All last week as I roamed the halls of the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Expo 2010, I kept asking myself the…
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Etihad Wins Award for Single Best Inflight Entertainment Achievement But Other Finalists Deserve the Spotlight as Well
Good morning from Long Beach. I love when a conference comes to me instead of making me go to it. This year,…
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Delta Nearly Completes Wifi Installation, Now What?
Delta’s promised wifi updates have been few and far between, but yesterday we found out that the airline is basically done with…