British Airways has doubled the quantity of content material out there for patrons to look at on its inflight leisure system (IFE) because the begin of the yr.
The airline now has greater than 75 full boxsets and 20 basic franchises on board, together with 50 new film releases comparable to Love Once more, Paint and The Covenant.
The British flag provider additionally has a variety of unique content material by way of its Paramount+ partnership, together with Rabbit Gap: The Algorithms of Management, The Flatshare and Grease: Rise of The Pink Girls.
Film boxsets embody your complete Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Mission Not possible sequence of movies. The airline has additionally created a devoted British Unique channel, that includes content material comparable to comedy highlights from the Edinburgh Pageant Fringe 2022.
If passengers are extra considering music content material, the airline now presents greater than 770 items of audio, whereas children can get pleasure from greater than 20 programmes throughout the ‘Summer season Enjoyable’ class, together with The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film and Trolls, plus a brand-new Lego class.
British Airways’ chief buyer officer, Calum Laming, stated:
“We all know simply how necessary it’s to supply an amazing vary of leisure for our prospects to get pleasure from throughout their journeys, and it’s one of many issues they stay up for most once they fly with us, so we’ve been working exhausting to supply new content material, doubling the quantity out there at our prospects’ fingertips.”
Passengers can stream content material on their private units in the event that they buy a ‘browse and stream’ wifi bundle. The airline is at the moment rolling out wifi throughout each its long- and short-haul fleet, with the vast majority of plane now related.
British Airways has additionally revealed that it’s enhancing its meal providing for patrons travelling from London Heathrow to Delhi and Mumbai on each outbound and inbound flights. Passengers throughout all cabins will now obtain a second scorching meal, whereas prospects travelling in Membership World (enterprise class) may also get pleasure from a variety of chilled snacks.
From 9 August the airline can even launch a brand-new snack in economic system class (Euro Traveller) on all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick, with the selection of banana cake or a sultana flapjack.
On land, BA has launched an enhanced collection of scorching breakfasts, afternoon tea and Nice British Picnic treats in its Galleries lounges at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, whereas additionally updating its à la carte First Eating with native specialities and a British authentic providing throughout its US lounges in San Francisco, Washington, Chicago O’Hare, Newark and Boston.
Passengers travelling by way of Heathrow T5 may also get pleasure from a glass of Whispering Agnel rosé on the airline’s new wine bar.
The large image: British Airways opens Whispering Angel bar at Heathrow T5