Ryanair to offer IFE

"Miss L. Toe" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ...
RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
The Revolution in Customer Service Continues

Ryanair customers the latest Hollywood movies, up to date chart videos,
cartoons, comedy classics, sitcoms and audio cd's at a special introductory
offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.

For that price I can watch these movies on the big screen in any cinema. And
probably there will be no Ryanair flight that is long enough to show more than
one of the films.

Martin

In article ,
Matthias Bludau wrote:

All past trials of IFE Systems for which the passenger
has to pay for have failed.

Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.

In article ,
Matthias Bludau wrote:

All past trials of IFE Systems for which the passenger
has to pay for have failed.

Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.

"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
...
RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
The Revolution in Customer Service Continues

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 21st September
2004)
announced its intention to introduce inflight entertainment (IFE) on all
its
flights,

I wonder if their next step is to charge 'corkage' if you bring your own DVD
player.

"Miss L. Toe" wrote:
I wonder if their next step is to charge 'corkage' if you bring your own DVD
player.

Ryannair's head joked that if he could find a way to charge for ice cubes, he
would :-)

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:04:56 +0200, Matthias Bludau
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.
That they do it doesn't necessarily say that it gains them
anything financially. It remains to seen how it plays out on the
long run. To install IFE equipment into passenger aircraft isn't
exactly cheap, and if the revenue that could get drawn out of it
doesn't meet the cost of equipment installation, supply of content
and maintenance then Ryanair might be in for some unpleasant
surprises. I'd say that Ryanair is bound to loose some money with
it.

If I remember correctly, they weren't installing anything. They were
renting out stand-alone units to passengers who were willing to pay
the $5.

I guess it's better than the earphones an airline was renting for $5
to the Italian lady in the other thread, but I usually don't watch the
inflight movies even when they are absolutely free.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:04:56 +0200, Matthias Bludau
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.
That they do it doesn't necessarily say that it gains them
anything financially. It remains to seen how it plays out on the
long run. To install IFE equipment into passenger aircraft isn't
exactly cheap, and if the revenue that could get drawn out of it
doesn't meet the cost of equipment installation, supply of content
and maintenance then Ryanair might be in for some unpleasant
surprises. I'd say that Ryanair is bound to loose some money with
it.

If I remember correctly, they weren't installing anything. They were
renting out stand-alone units to passengers who were willing to pay
the $5.

I guess it's better than the earphones an airline was renting for $5
to the Italian lady in the other thread, but I usually don't watch the
inflight movies even when they are absolutely free.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

I've flown Frontier's A318's and A319's on relatively short segments
(DFW-DEN, DEN-PHX, and return) and about 2/3 of the passengers on my flights
seemed to use the IFE system - most of whom paid the $5. I don't think
Frontier's losing any money on it, and I don't think they consider it a
profit center either. But it is a competitve advantage for them over, say,
United/Ted, which is their main competition in Denver, and which doesn't
offer anything similar.


"Matthias Bludau" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.
That they do it doesn't necessarily say that it gains them
anything financially. It remains to seen how it plays out on the
long run. To install IFE equipment into passenger aircraft isn't
exactly cheap, and if the revenue that could get drawn out of it
doesn't meet the cost of equipment installation, supply of content
and maintenance then Ryanair might be in for some unpleasant
surprises. I'd say that Ryanair is bound to loose some money with
it.

I've flown Frontier's A318's and A319's on relatively short segments
(DFW-DEN, DEN-PHX, and return) and about 2/3 of the passengers on my flights
seemed to use the IFE system - most of whom paid the $5. I don't think
Frontier's losing any money on it, and I don't think they consider it a
profit center either. But it is a competitve advantage for them over, say,
United/Ted, which is their main competition in Denver, and which doesn't
offer anything similar.


"Matthias Bludau" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.
That they do it doesn't necessarily say that it gains them
anything financially. It remains to seen how it plays out on the
long run. To install IFE equipment into passenger aircraft isn't
exactly cheap, and if the revenue that could get drawn out of it
doesn't meet the cost of equipment installation, supply of content
and maintenance then Ryanair might be in for some unpleasant
surprises. I'd say that Ryanair is bound to loose some money with
it.

I've flown Frontier's A318's and A319's on relatively short segments
(DFW-DEN, DEN-PHX, and return) and about 2/3 of the passengers on my flights
seemed to use the IFE system - most of whom paid the $5. I don't think
Frontier's losing any money on it, and I don't think they consider it a
profit center either. But it is a competitve advantage for them over, say,
United/Ted, which is their main competition in Denver, and which doesn't
offer anything similar.


"Matthias Bludau" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
Frontier Airlines in the US charges $5 to watch TV onboard (unless
you are an elite member of their FF program, in which case it's free,
or flying on one of their 737s, in which case there is no IFE onboard).
Charging for IFE seems to be working out for them.
That they do it doesn't necessarily say that it gains them
anything financially. It remains to seen how it plays out on the
long run. To install IFE equipment into passenger aircraft isn't
exactly cheap, and if the revenue that could get drawn out of it
doesn't meet the cost of equipment installation, supply of content
and maintenance then Ryanair might be in for some unpleasant
surprises. I'd say that Ryanair is bound to loose some money with
it.