Thomas Cook enters Playstation age on board its planes

Saturday, 14 Jun, 2010 0

Thomas Cook is offering customers the option to hire hand-held Playstation Portables on its flights for £7.50.

On both short and medium-haul flights, customers with the device get the choice of eight films and seven TV programmes and children’s shows plus the latest video games.

The operator says the switch from generic entertainment to individual handsets comes as it saw only one in ten of its customers were watching the in-flight entertainment previously provided.

Chief executive officer at Thomas Cook UK & Ireland Ian Derbyshire said: “PSPs are the world’s best-selling and most popular hand-held entertainment consoles, so we’re expecting that they will be popular with adults and children alike. 
 
"Only around one in 10 passengers watched the in-flight entertainment so with the introduction of PSPs, we’re giving our holidaymakers a fantastic choice of movies and films at their fingertips.”  
 
The Playstation Portable consoles are available on 32 of the 44 Thomas Cook Airlines fleet of aircraft.
 
For those who would like to share a console, an earphone splitter can be purchased for £5.
 
by Dinah Hatch


 

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