1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5820 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4066 times:
Does anyone know what are the smallest airliners with IFE? The ones I can think of are Air Cananda's CRJ-705s and Embraer 175s, but are there smaller aircraft with IFE?
IFE is becoming more and more popular on smaller aircraft. Traditionally IFE was mostly restricted to widebody aircraft. The 757 was the first narrowbody aircraft to widely feature IFE, especially video. Most narrowbody aircraft before the 757 were not equipped with IFE, or were audio-only. In fact, the only 757s I know of that were not equipped with IFE were Eastern's. IFE then started to appear on smaller aircraft, such as the Airbus A320 series, 737NG, MD-90s, and some 737 classics.
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Warreng24 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 684 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3937 times:
IIRC seeing a photo of an American or TWA 707 with small 4" CRT monitors used for IFE.
N707PA From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 272 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3919 times:
COERJ145 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1420 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3907 times:
Didn't Legend Airlines have a few 56 seat DC-9s with PTVs at each seat?
Nimish From India, joined Feb 2005, 3086 posts, RR: 9 Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3772 times:
Kingfisher's (IT) ATRs are supposed to be the first with IFE on them - not sure if their ATRs (42/72) are bigger or smaller than the other a/c mentioned on this thread.
Ptugarin From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 325 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3693 times:
Vhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1385 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3693 times:
all QF 734's have CRT moniters as did their 733's. I can also remember flying on an AN 733 with CRT moniters around 1995 and their 727's had audio channels around that time too.
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Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4685 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 3654 times:
UA's 727-200s had audio back in the mid 1990s. Canadian Airlines had 737-200s equiped with audio and monitors mounted in the ceiling. I remember watching short subjects between YHZ and YYZ back in the late 1990s.
YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 2120 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3575 times:
Swanberg Air of Grande Prairie sometimes subbed their J31's for a Challenger on their 3x weekly flights into YVR, which had PTV's on each seat. (The service has been suspended a couple of weeks back - one flight with the Challenger had one passenger, with his own F/A, leather seats, PTV's - shame they stopped before i got to have a shot at that...).
Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5095 posts, RR: 13 Reply 13, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3549 times:
Some of the 733s/734s I think from US has or had IFE. I flew on a 733 i think it was with TV monitors, though I can't remember them being switched on. Been a few years ago, can anyone clear up the US 737 situation?
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Vasu From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 3772 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 3370 times:
Quoting Ptugarin (Reply 13): Looks like Vyborg does not offer personal programming on PTV or is it a coincidence that everyone is watching the same channel?
I don't reckon its coincidence... In the first row, there's only one TV screen per two seats.
JoKeR From Serbia, joined Nov 2004, 2157 posts, RR: 9 Reply 16, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3200 times:
JAT's 733's, the first of thetype delivered in Europe in 1985, are eqipped with center-aisle TV monitors (BETAMax System) as well as Audio entertainment.
787KQ From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 3152 times:
Dash 8's on Airlines PNG have screens in the cabin showing DVD's and wireless headsets. There are no PVT's.
Phllax From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 3097 times:
US does indeed have audio and video on portions of the 737 fleet, more specifically, the former LR versions that flew out West and to the Caribbean before the 757's and Airbus arrived.
Many of the monitors have been removed, but every now and then I'll get on a a 737 with video. They still use them for the safety demo (in Spanish too) and probably now play the trivia. I do not believe that music was loaded back onto the 737 fleet after it was removed fleetwide in a stupid cost cutting move in 2002.
Jtamu97 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 655 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2203 times:
It depends upon your definition of airliners and IFE. There was an article I believe in Airways a few months ago about a guy who flew a twin sea plane for his airline called Amigo Airways from the Canada mainland, I think Vancouver to Vancouver Island and other areas. He had a puul down DVD player for his passengers to watch on the short hop. I think he could only hold about 12 passengers or less than that.
Boston92 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 3390 posts, RR: 7 Reply 20, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2194 times:
Dont the Jetblue 195's have the PTV?
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ContinentalAUS From United States of America, joined May 2006, 55 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2173 times:
I think 10 of Continental's 733s have a video system. I think. The rest of the fleet does, except for their 735s and remaining 733s.
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