Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has launched a new in-flight entertainment system providing intranet facility on few of its prime domestic flights from Saturday.

Talking to a private television channel, the airline’s spokesman said that the system would allow passengers to access the in-fight entertainment content using their own cellphones, tablets and laptops. Initially, he said the facility would be available on selected flights on Karachi-Islamabad and Karachi-Lahore routes.

The flight numbers that would have this service are PK-300, PK-301, PK-302, PK-303, PK-304 305, PK-308 and PK-309, he said. He said that the system was being launched on a trial basis, to be extended to other flights in the next few weeks, after obtaining feedback from the public.

In the first phase, a total of 30 hours of content would be available including Tlawat, documentaries, safety videos dramas, comedy, kids movies, Urdu feature films and music. For the second phase work is underway on an App that would have 50 hours of content including western movies, interactive games for kids and moving maps, the spokesman added.