American Airlines and Gogo in-flight roll personal video streaming device 767 fleet

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As we heard earlier this spring, American Airlines became one of the first airlines in North America to begin testing the GoGo in-flight video streaming for personal devices for passengers. Today the company is announcing the wider roll out of new entertainment products for your entire fleet of 767 aircraft, mainly on routes between JFK New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

We also find out more information about entertainment products. The system will wirelessly stream content such as movies and TV shows from the library on board to select the types of Wi-Fi enabled laptops during flights. «Entertainment on demand "will be available for $ 0.99 in the TV show and $ 3.99 for the film. Customers do not need to buy on board Wi-Fi use on-demand entertainment may simply click on the banner of entertainment on demand on board Wi-Fi home page, select the movie or TV show, enter the payment form, and then click "remove".

American Airlines, said that the platform currently offers 100 movies and TV shows that will remain available for viewing after the client has landed (movies 24 hours) and TV shows for 72 hours. The goal, said the company is for the introduction of entertainment for all aircraft wi-fi enabled. American Airlines actually only received received FAA certification for this month.

In the coming months, in-flight wifi provider GoGo plans to make available for use with the product tablets and other devices. I can imagine many users want to be able to stream movies to their iPads in flight, as opposed to using laptop computers.

Here's a video explaining how to operate the service.

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