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Australian Airline Qantas to supply an iPad for every passenger on its 767 flights

By chrissyboy6969, Saturday, Jul 21, 2012 a 3:26 am

Australian Airline Qantas will roll out iPads for every one of its passengers on its fleet of Boeing 767 aircraft. Earlier in the year, Qantas carried out a trial to see if the iPads could fulfill its needs for in-flight entertainment. The trial has been a huge success and according to ZDnet, it’s all systems go.

Budget airline using iPads to reduce aircraft's weight, fuel consumption and running costs

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Jun 4, 2012 a 3:44 am

New budget airline Scoot Pte is now using iPads as its preferred choice of in-flight entertainment across its fleet. The move sees Scoot remove around two tons of old style audio video in-flight entertainment equipment from its aircraft and replace it with iPads. The change to iPads has enabled Scoot to shave up to seven percent off an average aircraft’s weight and add a further forty percent to the seating capacity. These savings reduce the aircraft's fuel consumption which obviously has a big cost saving.