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Playboy: airplane reading material?

airberlin playboy

Magazines are one of those on-board amenities that disappeared from domestic flights in the U.S. a long time ago. But many international airlines still offer a selection of reading material that includes newspapers, business, fashion and sports magazines, especially in business class.

On a recent airberlin flight I was a bit surprised to see Playboy on the counter as one of the options and asked about that when I visited the company’s headquarters in Berlin.

My hosts were a bit surprised at my surprise but told me that the cover of the issue I saw on the plane is a special airline cover that stays the same for each issue – and that Playboy is the magazine they need to replace most often.

airberlin’s funny face

Excited to be visiting Berlin for a tour of airports and museums (of course), having arrived courtesy of airberlin, which was kind enough to give me one of their cozy lie-flat business class seats for the ride here and entertain me along the way with a couple of cabin amenities.

The seat:

airberlin seat

Before settling in, I looked around for the headphone/USB jack and noticed it was looking at me:

airberlin face.

I also noticed that the reading material offered passengers on my flight included newspapers, fashion and business magazines, as well as a copy of Playboy.

airberlin playboy

Clearly airberlin has a sense of humor about these offbeat amenities.

The tweets I dashed off about before the 10-hour flight were met with these responses when I landed:

air berlin