JetBlue Announces New In-flight Tech Updates

JetBlue’s newest in-flight leisure updates can contain your complete journey crew.

On Wednesday, the airline introduced up to date leisure choices that embody a “Watch Social gathering” characteristic the place a traveler and as much as 5 different passengers can watch the identical film or tv present on the similar time.

To entry the “Watch Social gathering” characteristic, vacationers choose this system they want to look at, after which have the choice to play it individually at their seat, or create a watch celebration with different vacationers. A seat map shows the opposite seats, and a number can invite them to hitch. The characteristic could also be useful for households touring collectively; or pals seeking to share an leisure expertise earlier than touchdown at their vacation spot.

This system additionally permits for pause/play, and quick ahead/rewind of this system in order that the viewing stays constant for everybody. 

“Watch Social gathering” is simply one of many new options introduced as a part of the “Blueprint by JetBlue” launch which additionally consists of personalised suggestions for what to look at, and a “decide up the place the place you left off” perform on packages you latterly considered. The brand new leisure system may also show a passengers’ most well-liked title as a welcome message on the seatback screens. 

“By launching Blueprint by JetBlue, we’re doubling down on our dedication to assist prospects create an inflight expertise tailor-made to their wants and preferences, making their flight as comfy as their very own dwelling rooms,” JetBlue’s Head of Advertising and Buyer Help Jayne O’Brien mentioned within the launch.

JetBlue at the moment presents quite a lot of in-flight facilities reminiscent of ‘Fly-Fi’, free, high-speed Wi-Fi on each airplane. The airline additionally presents the streaming service Peacock, and reside tv within the seat again monitor at no cost as effectively. JetBlue has been steadily increasing service all over the world together with new routes to Dublin, Tulum, and Amsterdam.