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The best of in-flight entertainment
Remember the days when the in-flight entertainment was watching the drool trickle down the chin of your snoozing dad and hoping it landed on the arm of your little sister? Or the days when you were so excited to see an in-flight movie, only to find out that it was showing on one TV screen 20 rows up and the headphones they gave you didn't work anyway?In-flight entertainment has come a long way since then. In fact, it's too good -- I stayed awake on flight from New Zealand to LAX catching up on movies like Borat and The Departed, and ended up being so tired afterwards that I almost missed my connecting flight because I was sleeping so soundly on the floor of LAX (Ew. And as an added bonus I crushed my glasses when I rolled onto them -- now they're permanently crooked.)
But entertainment can mean the difference between a tedious flight and an enjoyable -- it really makes a difference on how satisfied a customer is with the airline, if you ask me. Want to know which airlines have the best in-flight entertainment? ProTraveller recently ranked them, and here's the run-down:
- Virgin America
- Emirates
- Singapore Airlines
- JetBlue Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Qantas
- Cathay Pacific
- British Airways
- Japan Airlines
- United Airlines
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Patricia Nov 20th 2007 11:18PM
I flew on Air Qatar in January between London and Bangkok and was really impressed with the service, the food and the in-flight entertainment. I really should have been sleeping but was too busy playing games and watching movies and TV shows. Three of the four legs had individual controllers and VOD. Caught up on all the movies I missed.
Kim Allen Nov 24th 2007 4:00PM
I flew JetBlue from Sarasota to New York, and Emirates from NYC to Dubai and onwards from Dubai to Johannesburg; I also flew Singapore from SFO to Hong Kong and onwards from Hong Kong to Singapore.
These were all incredibly long flights, yet the backseat entertainment made the flights tolerable and, in fact, turned me on to some great movies that I later referred to family and friends.
In addition, food and service on Emirates (and Singapore) were absolutely top notch and there was no way I was going to take a nap and miss a meal!
Kudos to those airlines for making an attempt to please the passenger.