Pakistan Airlines introduces WiFi entertainment portal

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced state-of-the-art WiFi entertainment portal for domestic flights.

The internet facility has been launched as a part of the in-flight entertainment. Passengers will be able to connect to a dedicated hotspot server on board while using their personal devices like phone, tablets and laptops to access digital media catalogs, to watch favorite movies, listen to music or even play interactive games in the sky. The announcement reads,

Initially, the service will be available to selected flights on Karachi-Islamabad and Karachi-Lahore routes. The flights include PK-300, PK-301, PK-302, PK-303, PK-304 305, PK-308 and PK-309.

In the first phase, a total of 30 hours of content would be available including dramas, comedy, movies, tilawat, documentaries, safety videos, Urdu feature films and music.

For the second phase, work is underway on an app that will have 50 hours of content including western movies, interactive games for kids and moving maps.

The system is being launched be on trial basis, to be extended to other flights in the next few weeks, after obtaining feedback from the public.