PanAm747LHR From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 223 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2861 times:
PIA's 747-300s are ex-CX and also have PTVs on board in coach.
1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5756 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2800 times:
Some of Delta's Transcon 757s date back to 1985, including the Pink Breast Cancer Awareness aircraft, N610DL.
Delta's domestic 767-300s are also getting PTVs, and those aircraft date back to 1987, with ship 121 (N121DE) currently the oldest in the fleet.
Does anyone know if any airlines ever operated DC-10s or L-1011s with PTVs in economy?
[Edited 2008-02-18 17:44:01]
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KingAir200 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1579 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2676 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 7): WestJet's 732s never had PTVs to the best of my recollection.
Maybe not throughout, but the comment for the photo seems to indicate that the particular aircraft had a mishmash of different seats in the interior.
KPWM From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2288 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2663 times:
Below is the actual aircraft in the first picture. It's used as a trainer and a few rows have been fitted with PTV's. For all I know, it never flew for WestJet.
AA737-823 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 5338 posts, RR: 11 Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2570 times:
Legend's DC-9-31's had PTV's, and they were 1970's builds. They were ex-Continental, and before that, Texas Air. Those were some nice birds, too! Do a search on Legend and Cabin Shots!
Quoting AirTranTUS (Reply 5): He means aircraft with PTV's years ago. DL's planes are older, but with new PTV's. This thread is about PTV's around way in the past.
I doubt it, as PTV's weren't around twenty years ago.
I could ask if anyone was flying supersonic in the 1920's, but it would be a very useful discussion, would it?
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26697 posts, RR: 83 Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2553 times:
Swissair 111 had them in First Class and they were relatively new technology at the time of her loss in 1998.
TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5 Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2450 times:
Quoting Flighty (Reply 4): NW had PTVs in their 747-200s in around 1993-94.
I actually believe they started the PTVs in the first/business class sections in 1989 as a trial run. I swear I remember reading that somewhere on a.net!
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1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5756 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 2141 times:
Not sure about the A310. However, as for the 727, I actually have never even seen a 727 with overhead video. Generally the only IFE that airlines offered on their 727s was just audio, or no IFE at all.
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Flighty From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 7435 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2055 times:
Quoting TUNisia (Reply 15): I actually believe they started the PTVs in the first/business class sections in 1989 as a trial run. I swear I remember reading that somewhere on a.net!
Sure I believe it. However in 93-94 it was small LCD TVs and credit card readers in every coach seat on these 742s. There was no charge because it was experimental.
I can't remember if they were gone by 95, 97. By 99 they were gone I think.
Found a June-94 NY Times article on this (!)....
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"...Now, passengers can choose from at least four movies, digital audio, a built-in telephone with fax capability, shopping channels and a channel with flight information on baggage, connecting gates and the weather at destination cities. The systems combine a small television screen, headphones and a remote control device that allows passengers to chose these options from an on-screen menu.
Typically, the airlines are offering some of the services free but charging for others. Nintendo games, for example, cost travelers $4 an hour on Northwest....
...It costs about $1.5 million to install the Hughes system on a wide-bodied jet, but the trend is giving high-tech aviation electronics companies a new market as their military business shrinks.
...Nintendo, whose system consists of 10 video games, including Super Mario All-Stars and Street Fighter II, said it would collect about $10 million in royalties a year from the airlines, beginning in 1996.
...Mark Abels, a spokesman for Northwest Airlines, said passengers liked the games, and the airline planned to put them on more planes. Northwest has installed the Nintendo games on eight 747-200's, which it uses on long-haul international flights, and it expects to add about 25 by year's end."
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... which never happened. I do remember playing Street Figher II however which was exceptional. Too bad 14 years later NW has no 747 PTV... they were cutting edge.
1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5756 posts, RR: 2 Reply 22, posted (5 years 3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1897 times:
Quoting Aruba (Reply 21): Is AA 's 757's going to be fitted with the PTV's or no.
No. However, they will be getting new LCD video monitors over the aisles, replacing the old CRTs.
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21465 posts, RR: 24 Reply 24, posted (5 years 3 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1749 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 13): Swissair 111 had them in First Class and they were relatively new technology at the time of her loss in 1998.
And business class. I was on a Swissair MD-11 GVA-JFK in business class about 10 days after the SR111 crash and remember thinking that it was the best IFEsystems I'd seen with by far the largest screens. It was one of the first "on demand" systems where you could start/stop/pause programming as you wished. The system was de-activated a little later after the SR111 investigation indicated a possible link to the cause of the fire, although I can't remember whether it was ever proven that the IFE system was directly involved.
26 Vasu: Here's another question... what are the smallest PTVs currently in service?
27 A300 American: Didn't AA's A300 at one time or another have PTVs? (those configured for "International" flights). They definately don't have them now.
28 1337Delta764: Yes, the Panasonic 2000e system to be exact. These A300s today feature flip-down LCD monitors and seats with winged headrests. The A300s that have th
29 A300 American: Very interesting. THANKS Back in 2005, I flew in one of IB MD80s (Madrid to Barcelona) and remember seeing the silly TINY screens that fold down from
30 CHRISBA777ER: Yep was a good system actually - took one on a very nice trip BOS-LHR back in 1999 and it was a lovely flight.
31 Aruba: What about any russian planes, do any of them have PTV's on them.....
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