iPod, iPhone Plug-ins Coming to International United Flights
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.17.08 | 11:20 AM ET
In first and business classes, you’ll be able to charge the devices and watch videos on your in-flight entertainment screen, the airline announced. The first flight with the service—Washington, D.C., to Zurich—departed yesterday; the technology will be rolled out to other wide-body jets over the next two years. You still won’t be able to make calls.
The bad news, as Los Angeles Times blogger Jen Leo points out: “I don’t think this is coming to domestic economy travel anytime soon.” The good news, as the San Francisco Chronicle notes: Apple has said it “was working with six airlines, including Delta and Continental, to offer the service.”
United is the first U.S. airline to make the announcement, but overseas, Singapore Airlines beat it to the punch in May.
Photo by .schill via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Allison 06.17.08 | 4:41 PM ET
So, how much are they going to charge for a small plastic cable? $15 for the first fifteen minutes, $3 every additional minute?
Ipod Data Cables 07.31.08 | 7:14 PM ET
Definilty really neat. The only thing is it will be a while until they set them up. Same thing with wi-fi a number of airlies advertise it but it’s only like 2 of their 500 flights.