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Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet.
The first in-flight film screened during the 1921 Pageant of Progress Exposition in Chicago [1] Movie screening in a DC-8 of SAS, 1968. The first in-flight movie was screened by Aeromarine Airways in 1921, showing a film called Howdy Chicago to passengers on a Felixstowe F.5 flying boat as it flew around Chicago. [2]
Southwest doesn’t have seatback screens, but many of its planes have Wi-Fi that lets passengers stream from its entertainment portal. Options include movies and TV shows, as well as live TV.
La Compagnie offers a key perk that Beond doesn't: a seatback screen. La Compagnie, top left, has 15.6-inch seatback screens. Beond, top right and bottom, provides an iPad in lieu of a television.
Iberia has configured the economy cabin with 168 seats and no premium economy. Each seat includes a 12-inch Bluetooth-enabled seatback screen, a six-way headrest, up to four inches of recline, and ...
The data is then transmitted to the airplane via an antenna located on the top of the aircraft. An onboard router subsequently distributes the Wi-Fi signal to passengers. The optional use of Wi-Fi on personal devices by travelers is enabling airlines to eliminate in-seat screens, resulting in energy savings and reduced aircraft weight. [10]
Airlines are beginning to remove the seatback screens passengers once used to watch movies and TV shows, according to the New York Times.
Iberia's economy cabin has comforts like an adjustable headrest, deep recline, a Bluetooth-capable screen, charging ports, extra storage slots in the seatback pocket, and 30-31 inches of seat pitch.