Qantas in ‘world-first’ tablet trial

Passengers on Qantas will be the first in the world to have in-flight entertainment streamed wirelessly to tablet devices in a trial announced by the Australian airline Thursday.The brand of tablet is yet to be confirmed, but Qantas said Apple’s popular iPad was among the models being considered.


“Q Streaming” will be made available to passengers for viewing on their own tablet, laptop or smartphone later in the trial and would be a key part of the scheme if ultimately adopted, Qantas said.American Airlines has launched a similar programme with Samsung’s Galaxy tablet for first and business class domestic passengers, but content is pre-loaded rather than streamed direct.


Budget Qantas offshoot Jetstar already offers iPads for rent on some of its flights.