ONBOARD ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrity-spot on ANZ
Inflight celebrity-spotting on Air New Zealand flights has taken on a whole new meaning with a new safety video featuring everyone from world leaders and musicians through to sports stars.
The new hand-sketched in-flight safety video is fronted by Emmy-nominated American actor Ed O’Neill of hit TV show Modern Family and New Zealand-born actress Melanie Lynskey of Two and a Half Men.
It features cameo appearances from a range of well known-personalities, including world leaders like United States President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and French President Francois Hollande. Other well-known faces include All Black Captain Richie McCaw, Olympians Mahe Drysdale and Valerie Adams, television star Paul Henry and rapper Snoop Dogg.
The new safety video will be progressively rolled out onboard all international and domestic jet flights from early July. The airline has launched a competition linked to the video where people who identify more than five of the celebrities in the video can be in with a chance to win an around-the- world trip for two.
Air New Zealand’s general manager, Europe, Chris Myers says: “It’s great to be able to deliver our safety messages in an engaging, informative way that also makes people smile.”
www.airnewzealand.com
ICE is growing on Emirates
In-flight entertainment just got even better on board Emirates fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. The Dubai-based airline has now introduced bigger, wider and digitally enhanced screens for its award-winning inflight entertainment system ice. Passengers will now enjoy wider personal TV screens in every class: 27-inch in First Class, 20-inch in Business Class and 12.1-inch in Economy Class, making the latter the biggest in the world. The new screens, developed by Panasonic Avionics Corporation, feature high definition resolution.
The new screens will complement the enhanced Graphical User Interface (GUI) which Emirates and Panasonic recently launched to improve the ease of use of the already award- winning IFE system. Content and system tools are now even easier to navigate, bringing the wide range of film, TV and music choices closer to the passenger and providing an even better passenger experience.
The enhanced screens and GUI will be introduced on all new Boeing 777 aircraft and subsequently over the next year on Emirates’ Airbus A380 aircraft.
www.emirates.com
ANA to enable connections OnAir
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will launch Wi-Fi on board their aircraft on international routes from summer 2013. The fleets of Boeing 777-300ER and 767-300ER aircraft serving ANA’s international network will be the first to be fitted with the connectivity provided by OnAir’s Wi-Fi service, 'Internet OnAir'. Tetsuo FUKUDA, senior vice president of CS & Products Services and Innovations, ANA commented on the launch: “ANA is delighted to announce the launch of OnAir Wi-Fi on its international routes. The service will offer passengers a new inflight experience, giving them the flexibility and choice they deserve. We look forward to working with OnAir on this project. OnAir has a wealth of experience in handling large-scale fleet programmes and delivering end-to-end connectivity solutions for multiple aircraft types.”
Ian Dawkins, CEO of OnAir commented: “ANA is a world-class airline, recognized for the high quality of its service. ANA’s decision to choose OnAir’s SBB-based Wi-Fi product demonstrates that the combination of OnAir and SBB is the best solution for passenger connectivity and cements OnAir’s position as the benchmark for global inflight connectivity solutions.”
www.onair.com
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