United's Kinective Media is the latest example of how airlines have adopted new revenue streams such as cobranded cards.
  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 days ago

    Wow is that actually what the inside of an airplane looks like? I’ve never seen a photo from this angle and it looks so impossibly claustrophobic.

  • AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    Jokes on them… I turn the screen off, slap on a pair of noise cancelling headphones, and put on my sleeping mask when I’m on a plane.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    I went on Hawaiian airlines and they have ads. Not like TV, but like they’d have product placements. It felt weird but I was okay with it because I think it was “local?” They also pitched a bunch of local alcohols and drinks for purchase too.

    And watching their little TV also includes those ads. Usually before the show.

    I usually bring my own device.

  • itsAsin@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    “There is the potential for 3.5 hours of attention per traveler, based on average flight time,” United said.

    disgusting.

    • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
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      23 days ago

      What? Since when? I’ve watched TSA confiscate a toy lightsaber from some kid’s backpack, why the heck would an actual knife be allowed?

      • pubquiz@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        In Canada (and flying overseas) a blade 4" or less was ok. BTW, the boxcutters used on 9/11 were 3" blades, so we’re paying for security theatre at this point in funding CBSA or the TSA.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          23 days ago

          At this point? It’s always been security theater at the TSA. I’ve heard countless stories of people forgetting about a handgun in a carry-on and the TSA missed it, and others where baby milk was confiscated.

          I don’t know anything about the CBSA, but we (the US) should shut down the TSA, increase the liability of airlines for security, and let the airlines and their insurance decide what’s enough security. They certainly couldn’t do a worse job…