Jetstar, the budget airline subsidiary of Qantas, has announced it is launching a trial iPad rental service on its planes.
The trial, which will launch later this month will see iPads, pre-loaded with movies, TV, books, music and games, rented for $10 on select flights over 90 minutes in length.
The service will use a combination of “Australian in-flight entertainment service provider Stellar Inflight and UK-based Bluebox Avionics to develop custom software for the iPad.”
Only two weeks ago, we reported that Bluebox would be “launched in July on one yet-to-be-named “international carrier” and will be available to other airlines shortly after”
It would seem that the “international carrier” referred to was Jetstar and that they’ve moved the launch forward by a few weeks, making this the first trial of its kind in the world.
The 💜 of EU tech
The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!
While it will be cool to get your hands on a rented iPad, surely the real sexiness will come when you can stream the inflight entertainment to your own device.
Can we get some of that please, Jetstar?
Source = The Australian newspaper
img src = q8mug.com
Get the TNW newsletter
Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week.