Friday, January 19, 2007
India's Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways IFE updates
Kingfisher to offer live television as reported by Inflight Online -
INDIA’S Kingfisher Airlines is to begin offering live television aboard its aircraft by the end of the month.
Kingfisher already offers Thales TopSeries distributed and audio/video-on-demand IFE aboard its growing fleets of Airbus A320-family aircraft and ATR 72-500 turboprops. Now, following an agreement announced last Friday, Kingfisher passengers will enjoy access to 16 live television channels through their in-seat screens.
Programming will be provided by Dish TV – the direct-to-home TV operation 20 per cent owned by Indian media conglomerate Zee Group – and third parties.
In other news... Akshay from Mumbai sends us this screenshot of the in-seat cabin entertainment on a Jet Airways flight. Can anyone identify the system manufacturer?
UPDATE - Manufacturer identified as Panasonic Avionics. Thanks, anonymous!
¶ 7:48 AM
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A-340-300E from South African Airways arrived in India in May 2005 already equipped with PAC (Panasonic Avionics Corporation formerly known as MAS) system 3000i which is AVOD with interactive menu including iXplor (map), games and Connecting Gate (arrival info).
Same system was put on first "own" A330-200 delivered to 9W in 2006. All further deiveries would be eFX (already there on B-737-700) and eX2 for all wide bodies. They are AVOD systems made by same PAC (its in USA not in Japan).
Same system was put on first "own" A330-200 delivered to 9W in 2006. All further deiveries would be eFX (already there on B-737-700) and eX2 for all wide bodies. They are AVOD systems made by same PAC (its in USA not in Japan).
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: 3:07 PM
I don't know what the other commenters are trying to say, but to clarify, Kingfisher's IFE system is NOT made by PAC. It is supplied by Thales, just like the article says.
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