Hawaiian Airlines announces iPad mini in-flight service

August 31, 2013



On Thursday announced all their  aircraft would be fitted with   made by Apple for in-flight entertainment from September 1. The new gadget would be served on 14 routes connecting with mainland, , and the.

Passengers in would be able to use the tablet for free while  passengers would need to pay 15 when purchasing the service before boarding (or $17 if purchased during the flight). The airline offered such price with the help of Bluebox Avionics, a company specializing in in-flight services.

The airline has purchased 1,500 iPad minis to replace old in-flight entertainment devices. Each tablet would have at least 100 hours of new movies.

The new service was planned to be introduced on flights connecting with, , , , , , , , , , and ; and  with San Jose, Oakland, and Seattle.

The carrier becomes the first US airline to offer iPads as an in-flight service. In 2010, a subsidiary of , became the first airline in the world to introduce such a service in a test pilot on two services from. During the next few years, , and joined in. In March Qantas began offering iPads on flights connecting and.