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Ryanair's in-flight entertainment system fails to impress
(Source : Independent, February 01, 2005)
It was billed by Michael O'Leary as 'the next big revolution' in low-cost air travel. But last night it looked as if the 'digeplayer' - a hand-held video device allowing passengers to watch movies or play computer games - could be heading for the great technology graveyard in the sky, at least as far as Ryanair is concerned. Ryanair admitted that trials with the in-flight entertainment system had been disappointing, raising questions over whether the airline would press ahead with plans to equip its entire fleet by placing a US$12m order for 6,000 digeplayers. Trials on selected services from Stansted have been a flop, with fewer than five passengers per plane prepared to fork out the E7 it costs to hire a digeplayer for the duration of a flight. Ryanair had forecast twice that level of interest and reckoned it could generate E14m of revenues in the first year.
Full Story: http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=606590
(Source : Independent, February 01, 2005)
It was billed by Michael O'Leary as 'the next big revolution' in low-cost air travel. But last night it looked as if the 'digeplayer' - a hand-held video device allowing passengers to watch movies or play computer games - could be heading for the great technology graveyard in the sky, at least as far as Ryanair is concerned. Ryanair admitted that trials with the in-flight entertainment system had been disappointing, raising questions over whether the airline would press ahead with plans to equip its entire fleet by placing a US$12m order for 6,000 digeplayers. Trials on selected services from Stansted have been a flop, with fewer than five passengers per plane prepared to fork out the E7 it costs to hire a digeplayer for the duration of a flight. Ryanair had forecast twice that level of interest and reckoned it could generate E14m of revenues in the first year.
Full Story: http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=606590
