09/12/17
Icelandair celebrates its 80th birthday with an 11-hour immerserive in-flight theater performance. →
in-flight entertainment
All the latest articles about in-flight entertainment
01/27/15
Passengers on Alaska Airlines will be able to use their personal electronic devices to access the airline’s full range of ‘Alaska Beyond’ inflight entertainment for free through March 31st. But starting April 1, it will cost $1.99 to get access to movies and TV shows beyond a basic selection of complimentary offerings. The new entertainment →
01/27/15
You might learn something new next time you take a Virgin American flight. Starting February 1, free audio and video lectures from the popular series The Great Courses will be available on the airline’s Red in-flight entertainment system. The series library runs to more than 530 titles and covers everything from history and music to →
12/15/14
Alaska Airlines is joining the ranks of airlines offering in-flight entertainment directly on passengers’ personal electronic devices. The new entertainment service, part of what the airline is calling its new Alaska Beyond ‘experience,’ kicks off today on 50 of Alaska’s 737 planes and will be available for free though Jan. 31, 2015. Alaska plans to →
05/13/14
Connected fliers get movies on their gadgets →
08/15/13
In-flight stand-up coming to Virgin Atlantic's Little Red →
09/27/12
While a short promotional movie called Howdy Chicago was shown to passengers on an plane that flew over the Chicago World’s Fair in 1921, there were no regular in-flight movies until 1961, when Trans World Airlines (TWA) began offering that novel perk to its first-class customers. Video games (1975), seat-back video (1991) and live in-flight →
09/19/12
I’m attending workshops and roving the booths at the exhibit hall during the APEX 2012 EXPO, a sprawling event dedicated to exploring and, hopefully improving the airline passenger experience. The exhibit hall is bulging with booths dedicated to movies and other forms of in-flight entertainment and the technology with which that entertainment is delivered. Here’s →
09/17/11
Will in-flight Wi-Fi make seat-back entertainment on airplanes obsolete? →