In-flight entertainment
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Flight entertainment or in-flight entertainment , IFE is the umbrella term of entertainment by electronic devices that passengers of a commercial aircraft during flight is available.
On April 26, 1970, a film projected on a screen was shown for the first time at Lufthansa on a long-haul route .
Another form were the flat screens protruding from the ceiling or the luggage rack. The sound is not output via the cabin loudspeakers, but via headphone sockets on the individual seats. Two jack sockets or plugs (3.5 mm) lying next to each other are common. However, the otherwise common headphones or headsets can often be connected with just one plug.
In recent times, long-haul aircraft have often been equipped with "Personal Television", or PTV for short. These individual screens are located on the back of the front seat or (if there is no front seat) on the wall or fold into the armrest. Different systems are used. With DirecTV , the TV channels receivable on the floor are broadcast live. The first airline to use PTV in economy class was Virgin Atlantic in 1991.
With Audio Video On Demand, passengers can choose between several films and programs on their own monitor, the starting time of which they can freely determine. This form of in-flight entertainment, which is now widespread on long-haul flights with large airlines, includes, in addition to high-resolution touchscreen screens in all classes of transport, the option of connecting your own devices, for example via USB, to the individual AVOD system and thus playing your own media on the personal monitor. Modern AVOD systems offer passengers extensive information on the flight, for example the option of live tracking on an interactive map. In addition to a selection of films, AVOD can also be used to play games with other passengers on the flight, e.g. B. at Emirates . In addition, information about on- board catering can be called up or chatted with another passenger on the flight, for example in Air France's new cabin .
While PTV is only offered by very few airlines on short and medium-haul routes , such as Air Canada in the Embraer 190 or Qatar Airways in the Airbus A320 , LC screens that can be folded down are often common, which are displayed next to the current position on a map, often showing films. Alternatively, some airlines offer passengers the option of accessing media via WLAN with an app and / or browser on their own smartphones .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Conversation Above the Clouds , Die Welt, February 12, 2007