entertainment

Music softens the soul... Air Caraïbes and French bee are singing this refrain in unison by expanding their entertainment catalogue. The IFE (In-flight entertainment) system will benefit from an agreement signed by the Dubreuil Aéro group with M6. Passengers will now be able to access a selection of podcasts and programmes...

The number of agreements signed to make Starlink the new standard for in-flight connectivity is growing. This is a promising trend, enabling business travellers to remain operational during a short or long-haul flight. But airlines are not forgetting the entertainment side of things. Starting with Air France, which, less than a...

Are you satisfied with Emirates' current presence in France? Cédric Renard - We're very happy with our current schedule, with three flights a day between Paris and Dubai, all by A380, plus one flight a day from Nice, also by A380, and daily service to Lyon by A350. For...

TAP Air Portugal is upgrading its in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. A software update has enabled the airline to offer Bluetooth functionality on board. Economy class passengers can now connect their personal headphones to their individual screens, without the hassle of a cable. "Bluetooth functionality offers greater...

Airlines are taking advantage of the summer to do their holiday homework, with the obvious aim of improving the in-flight experience. For some carriers, this means making connectivity available to all, like Swiss, which is now offering free wi-fi for all classes of travel on long-haul flights. For other airlines, the...

This is United's new good resolution: to offer a state-of-the-art entertainment system (IFE) on board its long-haul aircraft. At the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, United signed a major agreement with Panasonics in the IFE sector, the largest ever for a US carrier. United has chosen...

At the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2023 in Hamburg, Air France unveiled a preview of its latest Business seat. Equipped with the highest standards of comfort and technology in the industry, the new seat features a sliding door allowing passengers to make their space private. It can also be converted into a perfectly flat bed for...

If the world of aviation is happy to invite itself into the world of cinema, the latter is happy to oblige... No matter how studious business travellers may be, who hasn't enjoyed painting a picture at 30,000 feet? All the more so since, in their race for excellence to attract premium customers, the airlines...

Airlines are making their mark at CES, the technology event held every year in Las Vegas. For this 2020 edition, American Airlines has just announced the launch of an automatic translation service. In the same vein, Delta has played the technology card, with a number of major assets. The CEO of...

The widespread use of mobile devices - smartphones, tablets, laptops - will have, and is already having, a definite impact on the in-flight entertainment offered by airlines. In its annual survey of passengers' high-tech habits, SITA, a specialist in technologies for the airline industry, showed that in 2016, almost half of all passengers...

The DreamStream service, which enables the airline's passengers to access entertainment programmes from their personal devices, is already available on three of the airline's aircraft. Integration of the system is due to be completed within one year on the 737-800, 737-900 and 767 aircraft in the fleet. To access the service, passengers must first download the...