in-flight entertainment

Seatback screen offerings

In-flight entertainment refers to the diversions available to passengers during air travel—movies, television, music, and games typically accessed through seatback screens or personal devices.

Airlines use it as a competitive amenity: The in-flight entertainment kept the kids occupied on the twelve-hour flight.

The term sometimes extends sarcastically to unintended spectacles: The drunk passenger provided the in-flight entertainment.

Related

games · multimedia · headphones · safety video · kill time · business class · screen · magazine · passenger comfort · first class · binge-watching · podcast · economy class · streaming · channel surfing · tray table · armrest · aisle seat

Categories
Opposites
passenger experience category

in-flight entertainmentsafety briefing

Pre-departure emergency instruction

emergency procedures · safety card · seatbelt sign

ground vs. air

in-flight entertainmenthome entertainment

Audio-visual systems for residences

cinema · theater

stimulation vs. deprivation

in-flight entertainmentblank screen

Inactive visual output

sensory deprivation · nothing to do

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G