Thursday 14 / November / 2024
Dubai: Passengers travelling on flydubai flights will soon be able to surf the net, watch live television and enjoy a new seatback in-flight entertainment system.
Dubai-based flydubai operates 56 flights a week from Oman to Dubai. “From Muscat we operate seven flights a day to Dubai, while from Salalah we operate one flight a day to Dubai,” said a spokesperson of flydubai. Currently, it flies to more than 85 destinations in 43 countries from Dubai, with 19 new routes launched in 2015.
Commenting on the launch at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive officer (CEO) of flydubai, said: “Flydubai has been committed to investing in product innovations and technologies that enhance the travel experience for our passengers from day one.
“We want to offer customers more choice, a greater experience and affordable access to the technologies that we are all coming to expect in the air, just as we do on the ground. “Adding wi-fi connectivity, live television along with our enhanced ground-breaking in-flight entertainment system, will allow us to continue to deliver that personalised flying experience our customers expect and appreciate.” From this week, wi-fi connectivity and live TV will be available through the in-flight portal for the first time on selected flights as flydubai continues to roll out service across the rest of its fleet.
Package
The wireless satellite-based network will allow passengers to buy a package from as low as $4 to get connected during a flight using their personal devices and from $8 to tune in to catch up with the news on BBC World News, Al
Jazeera or Al Arabiya, enjoy Arabic shows on MBC1 or fascinating documentaries on the Discovery Channel.
Flydubai has partnered with Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) to launch the fully-integrated Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) System. It already receives in-flight media content through GEE and the installation of connectivity systems expands the partnership to include integrated IFEC solutions, offering wi-fi-enabled internet connectivity, an extensive library of more than 2,000 hours of on-demand content and the capability to stream live TV.
“GEE has enabled flydubai to take control of the total in-flight passenger experience like never before, starting with integrated in-flight entertainment, connectivity, digital media solutions and rounding it out with real-time data operations solutions,” said Dave Davis, CEO of GEE.
“We’re looking forward to tailoring additional solutions that will continue to enhance the flydubai passenger experience in the months and years ahead.”
Daniel Kerrison, vice president of Inflight Product at flydubai, who has been driving the innovation of its cabin appearance and services since the launch of the airline in 2008, said: “We are excited to be offering as many creative and innovative product choices as we can to our passengers and giving them the option to decide which products and services they wish to include in their travel experience. We are very happy with our partnership with GEE and we are determined to provide our passengers with an experience similar to what they have come to expect from consumer electronics like tablets and smartphones.”
