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Apple, Airlines Team on iPod Integration with In-Flight Entertainment

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 14, 2006 - 2:54pm.
Chicago - Apple announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United Airlines to allow passengers to plug their iPods into in-flight entertainment services, allowing for charging of the devices and viewing of iPod videos on seat-back displays.
tags: Video | Audio | TV | Music | iPod | Apple | Movies | Travel | In-Flight | Airlines | PMP |

Ryanair, Jackpotjoy.com Partner on In-Flight Online Bingo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2006 - 3:12pm.
London - U.K. discount airline Ryanair announced that it has partnered with Jackpotjoy.com to allow passengers to play bingo online during flights.

"We might have the pilot calling out bingo numbers. That would get everyone's attention," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told Reuters.
tags: Games | Gambling | Europe | Travel | In-Flight | Airlines | Ryanair | Jackpotjoy |

DTI Software Adds Electronic Arts Games to In-Flight Entertainment

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 22, 2006 - 11:15am.
Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts announced this week that it has partnered with DTI Software, a provider of in-flight entertainment, to offer "The Sims 2" and titles from its Pogo.com casual games site for play by air travelers. Montreal-based DTI claims 62 airline customers for its in-flight entertainment software.
tags: Games | Casual Games | EA | Travel | Software | In-Flight | Airlines | Entertainment | DTI | Pogo.com |

Virgin Airways to Provide In-Flight Text-Message Information Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 8, 2006 - 1:14pm.
London - Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced plans to introduce an in-flight text message service, which will allow passengers to post questions on seat-back screens and receive answers from a land-based answer service, Reuters reported.
tags: Tech | Travel | In-Flight | Airlines | Text-Messaging | Virgin Airways |

Boeing Exploring Options for Unprofitable In-Flight Broadband Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2006 - 12:52pm.
New York - Boeing is looking to unload or possibly shutter its unprofitable Connexion in-flight broadband Internet service, The Wall Street Journal reported.
tags: Internet | Broadband | Investing | Travel | ISP | In-Flight | Airlines | Boeing | Connexion |

FCC to Auction Spectrum for In-Flight Wireless Internet, VoIP

Authored by dmw on May 12, 2006 - 12:29pm.
New York - The FCC plans to auction frequencies that will be used to provide in-flight Internet services, The New York Times reported. Some foreign airlines, including Lufthansa and Japan Airlines, already offer flights with broadband for laptop-toting passengers, through a satellite-based service called Connexion from Boeing. Verizon Airfone, AirCell and LiveTV are among nine companies expected to bid on two available licenses, The Times reported, for spectrum borrowed from the seldom-used in-flight phone services available on many planes. The FCC licenses would allow equipment on planes to connect directly with receivers on the ground, with passengers paying a flat fee to both connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi, and potentially place phone calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. "Airlines will have to be careful how they roll it out," Jonathan Schildkraut, a telecommunications analyst at Jefferies & Company, told The Times. "I don't trust people to observe the laws of propriety," he added, referring to the prospect of passengers being allowed to talk on the phone in an airplane's cramped quarters.
tags: Law | Tech | WiFi | Travel | VOIP | Regulation | In-Flight | FCC | Airlines | Air Travel |

Online Game Space-Shot.com to Award Winners Suborbital Spaceflights

Authored by dmw on April 3, 2006 - 6:10pm.
Austin, Texas -- Space-Shot.com on Monday announced the launch of its Internet-based skill game that will provide winners with a ride aboard a suborbital "spaceplane". The game costs $3 per entry and challenges players to predict the daily high temperature for Central Park in New York City, with tiebreakers broken through predictions for daily low, precipitation and humidity. Texas-based SpaceShot said it has contracted for hundreds of seats aboard Oklahoma-based Rocketplane's Learjet-based spaceplane, which expects to begin offering passenger flights in the summer of 2007.
tags: Games | Marketing | Promotions | Online Games | Travel | Airlines | SpaceShot | Skill Games | Rocketplane |

American Airlines Tests Handheld In-Flight Entertainment Devices

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2004 - 5:14am.
Fort Worth, Texas -- American Airlines announced a three-month test of a new in-flight entertainment option for passengers, in the form of a handheld device that contains movies, music videos, TV shows, newspapers, video games and other content. The Personal Entertainment Device features an 8.9" wide SVGA LCD screen, and during the trial will be available free to first class passengers, and for between $10 and $12 per flight to main cabin passengers, who will be able to swipe their credit cards directly on the devices. Similar devices are offered on Alaska Airlines flights, while other airlines such as JetBlue and Independence Air have deals to offer passengers in-flight satellite TV service.
tags: In-Flight | Airlines | Handheld | American |