During my recent travels on the thomas cook a330, i noticed that the video control centre for the 9 channels of tv and 8 channels of audio is stationed at the front of the aircraft.
It takes up around 2 X 1 meters of space.
I thought maybe that with tecnology these days they would be able to use one DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) to accomodate all the channels and audio channels rater than a big cupboard taking up 2 X 1 meters of space. I presume other A330 IFE systems are like this.
What do you think?
By: T5 - 21st July 2005 at 21:56
especially when the flight is at night.
I would say its more important on a daylight flight when not everybody is sleeping
By: Dantheman77 - 21st July 2005 at 21:10
i cant believe how many people winge about not having IFE on a shorthaul flight, i really wanna see re-runs of Mr Bean or My Family etc.
If you need IFE that badly.. the Alpha news stand at luton airport hire out portable dvd players and up to nine dvds for £10 a week i believe
By: Flex 35 - 21st July 2005 at 20:53
With charters, you have to pay a huge supplement on top of an already very expensive flight/holiday.
I wouldn’t really called £10 per person return for a in-flight meal really a huge supplement. :confused:
Some UK Charter carriers also provide meals free for all passengers regardless of the cost of their holiday (MyTravel are one of them).
Flex 35
By: T5 - 21st July 2005 at 20:38
I went to Palma on bmi last month and was surprised to discover that there was no IFE and the food was just a handed out roll. In the charters you would have had good entertainment and a proper meal. For the sake of a couple of hours with presumanly a couple of inches less leg room i’d rather have gone charter!
bmi cracked me up when they delayed our homeward bound flight last month because the aircraft had gone tech on the ground. When we eventually got going (some two and a half hours late), the only inflight entertainment we got was an advertisement for their new Mumbai route from London Heathrow.
I wouldn’t knock bmi though. You might get a basic snack, but its included in the cost of your ticket. With charters, you have to pay a huge supplement on top of an already very expensive flight/holiday. As well as that, the cost of drinks are ridiculous, whereas bmi will provide you with complimentary drinks all the way.
If you ever use bmi again to Palma, you’ll not be getting anything since they have stupidly decided to do away with it.
By: BY767 - 21st July 2005 at 19:16
Yeah I know!
I’ve heard they’re quite good, I know they’ve won several awards.
I’ve been wanting to fly on one for years so I was very pleased to find out the flight was operated by EAL!
The holiday was booked through Thomson so I thought it might be Thomsonfly to begin with, EAL even better!
By: Flex 35 - 21st July 2005 at 19:04
737-200s are great, not so sure I would like flying one all the way to Italy though!
Maybe EALs are better than Ryanairs, (Not that bad by the way).
From MAN they send them to many Greek Islands! 😮
EAL’s B732s are supposed to be in excellent condition from the inside, and they are also supposed to be an excellent airline. Hot towels, sweets on boarding/landing and very good food. I think they also have proper metal cutlery.
So your a quite lucky bloke BY767! 😀
Flex 35
By: LBARULES - 21st July 2005 at 18:55
737-200s are great, not so sure I would like flying one all the way to Italy though!
Maybe EALs are better than Ryanairs, (Not that bad by the way).
By: BY767 - 21st July 2005 at 18:53
ok! I didn’t think they did but I was just checking.
It’ll be interesting to fly on a 737-200! I just hope there isn’t a last minute equipment change or anything!
By: Flex 35 - 21st July 2005 at 18:48
Nope they don’t. Enjoy your flights, you will be flying on a 32 year old B732! 😉
Flex 35
By: LBARULES - 21st July 2005 at 18:45
Pretty sure they dont sorry!
By: BY767 - 21st July 2005 at 18:40
As we’re on the subject of IFE, does anyone know if EAL has it on their 737’s?
I’m flying to Verona in August from Cardiff so I was just wondering… I don’t mind either way. NormallyI don’t bother watching it – I prefer to look out of the window or read or something.
Thanks
Joe
By: LBARULES - 21st July 2005 at 17:54
Believe me, you will get sick of this stuff with TommyinYork ;).
I can easily last 4 hours without a TV, just take a good book.
By: RIPConcorde - 21st July 2005 at 16:31
What a bunch of moaners some people are. Have we really go to the stage were we cant go 4 hours without a television. The best IFE ever is a book. They are interesting,cheap and they dont break down. If you cant go 4-5 hours without a TV then you have issues. Try flyinh EI DUB-LAX with no IFE or FRA-SIN with LH. Youd prob have withdrawel sympthoms.
Nah, the best IFE is most definitely a window seat. 😉
By: SHAMROCK321 - 21st July 2005 at 15:17
What a bunch of moaners some people are. Have we really go to the stage were we cant go 4 hours without a television. The best IFE ever is a book. They are interesting,cheap and they dont break down. If you cant go 4-5 hours without a TV then you have issues. Try flyinh EI DUB-LAX with no IFE or FRA-SIN with LH. Youd prob have withdrawel sympthoms.
By: Flex 35 - 21st July 2005 at 13:54
Having no inflight entertainment these days is very very poor, AEU are a disgrace for not fitting IFE on their brand newish 737-700s 😡
I wouldn’t say they were a “disgrace” for not fitting IFE. The B737-700s that they have weren’t orginally fitted with IFE, so for them to retro-fit the 700s with IFE it wouldn’t be cost effective.
I flew on Air Malta as well to Paphos in March, no IFE and no in-flight mag either so I wasn’t very impressed to say the least! :rolleyes:
Thank god Thomas Cook have it. 😀
Flex 35
By: tommyinyork - 21st July 2005 at 13:44
Having no inflight entertainment these days is very very poor, AEU are a disgrace for not fitting IFE on their brand newish 737-700s 😡
By: murph - 15th June 2005 at 22:20
My goodness peoples, look out of the window…talk to another passenger, read the inflight mag or quite simply just take a real good book!
By: OneLeft - 15th June 2005 at 19:07
Wys and I have discussed this on several occassions
For charter pax the flight is often an event in itself or at least part of the holiday so they want to have an ‘experience’ with as much variety as possible whilst onboard. On longhaul IFE is about passing the time. Shorthaul scheduled pax want punctuality, legroom, The Telegraph and a G&T. They have laptops and paperwork to keep them occupied so they aren’t interested in IFE and elaborate meals.
From a corporate point of view the cost of headsets and copyright for 6 sectors the aircraft might do in a day would be huge, and what to show on short sectors would always be a problem.
The downside is that if you fly on a charter operated by a mainly scheduled airline, a scheduled leisure route or, if like most of us, you fly for fun you may feel that you are missing out.
We get more complaints about IFE on flights that have it than on those that don’t!
1L.
By: MyTravel UK - 14th June 2005 at 23:24
Hi,
The following Charters offer IFE:
MyTravel Airways (PTVs A330-200)
Thomas Cook (PTVs A330-200)
First Choice (PTVs B767-300)
Flyjet
Astraeus (757 Only)
Monarch
Air Atlanta Europe (PTVs on 1 747)
Air Scandic (757s??)
Excel Airways
Thomsonfly
Regards
MyTravel UK
By: wysiwyg - 14th June 2005 at 22:48
I went to Palma on bmi last month and was surprised to discover that there was no IFE and the food was just a handed out roll. In the charters you would have had good entertainment and a proper meal. For the sake of a couple of hours with presumanly a couple of inches less leg room i’d rather have gone charter!
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