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As more air travelers are looking for ways to keep themselvesentertained during long trips, a Singapore airline is offeringshiny, new iPads to customers for the flight. Mentioned within a Bloomberg article this week, Scoot Pte has ripped out the aging, bulky television monitors from airplaneseats and transitioned to Apple's iPad for the entertainmentof passengers. The television monitors and the rest of theelectronic hardware that was removed from each plane weighed morethan two tons in total. After this vast decrease in weight, theairline has able to add 40 percent more seating while stilldecreasing the weight of the plane with a full load of passengersby seven percent. Based out of Singapore, Scoot is attempting tocompete with low cost airlines and profit by flying older planes tolocations like Sydney, Australia and the Gold Coast airportnear Brisbane, Australia. Anyone flying in the Economy class will be able to rent an iPad forapproximately $17 and use it for the duration of the flight. TheiPad comes with a collection of pre-loaded television shows andmovies as well as music and gaming applications. Anyone that spendsmore money on a Business class ticket will have free access to aniPad. In the future, the airline plans to install a wireless system oneach plane in order to allow users to surf the Web and playInternet-connected games like Words with Friends. Scoothasn't added the ability to reserve an iPad during thebooking process yet, thus it's likely that flight attendantswill distribute iPads similar to the food service process duringflights. While airlines based within the United States have been fairly slowto offer a similar program for passengers, people flying out ofAustralia and Iceland are renting iPads during flights. BothJetStar Airline flights over 90 minutes and Iceland Express transatlantic flights have offered passengers iPad rentals sincelast year. Announced during 2011, Delta partnered withthe food and beverage operator Minneapolis-St. PaulInternational Airport for a trial run of iPad rentals . Anyone flying Delta can rent the iPad for $29.95 per day, use iton their flight and mail it back with a pre-paid postage boxafter they have landed. Beyond renting an iPad on a plane or within an airport, rentalbusinesses that offer iPads to travelers after they land havepopped up in several major cities around the world over the pastyear. A company called Flying Connected operates out of New York City and rents iPads to visiting touristsfor as little as $10 per day. The tablets are loaded with NYC-related applications and vary inprice depending on 3G connectivity. Once a tourist lands in NewYork City, a Flying Connected rep meets them at the airport or thecompany will deliver the tablet to any NYC hotel. This type ofservice would be idea for anyone that wants to avoid heaving arounda laptop bag during a trip. A similar service called PadInTheCity operates out of Madrid and rents iPads for approximately $30 to$35 a day depending on conversion rates. In an interview with the CEO of PadInTheCity, Juan Gomez stated that themajority of the iPad rentals went to Americans as wellas French, German and British customers. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as PDQ Display , Professional Photo Book Printing for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Gift Packaging Boxes.
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