Quantas to offer wireless in-flight streaming entertainment
Passengers on Qantas will be the first in the world to have in-flight entertainment streamed wirelessly to tablet devices in a trial announced by the airline. To be rolled out from the end of October on one Boeing 767-300 flying domestic routes, the six-week test will see Qantas’s current entertainment programme broadcast to a tablet supplied by the airline. The brand of tablet is yet to be confirmed, but Qantas said Apple’s popular iPad was among the models being considered. “Q Streaming” will be made available to passengers for viewing on their own tablet, laptop or smartphone later in the trial and would be a key part of the scheme […]
‘Around the world’ in luxury jet with 77 others for 68K
An Abu Dhabi based travel outfit called Omeir Travel Agency is now offering a private world tour of 10 luxury destinations, aboard the well luxury endowed Boeing 747 aircraft. The programme which is called ‘Around the world by private jet’, will offer 78 passengers the exclusive package at $68,000 a person, and the itinerary will features destinations across Europe, Asia and America. With the luxury market taking a hit, the travel industry too has been shaken. Travel agents have been forced to cut the price tags for the lower ones, and the takers have indeed dwindled. But Omeir Travel Agency plans to make a mark for itself it the market, […]