INFLIGHT SERVICE UPGRADES COMING! :-)

Hrm. Business will continue as usual at Tempe while 3 of our competitors upgrade first & coach class services....

Delta's New HBO Programming and Midnight Sky Signature Cocktail Program Take Flight for Customers

Entourage," "The Sopranos" and other original series among the
programs on Delta's new HBO channel

New "Midnight Sky" signature service features specialty cocktails
created exclusively for Delta by nightlife proprietor Rande Gerber


ATLANTA, May 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Continuing its efforts to transform the in-flight experience for customers, today Delta Air Lines introduced two innovative new offerings onboard select flights, including HBO programming and Midnight Sky, a signature cocktail program created exclusively for Delta by nightlife proprietor Rande Gerber. Both are part of Delta's continued commitment to provide customers with unique and entertaining options that enhance the travel experience.

``Delta's partnerships with HBO and The Gerber Group further demonstrate our commitment to creating an experience that is distinctive and enjoyable for our customers worldwide,'' said Joanne Smith, Delta's senior vice president -- In-Flight Service and Global Product Development. ``We're thrilled to provide our customers with these two innovative new offerings.''

Customers can now view the dedicated new HBO channel which offers 40 to 50 hours of the network's most popular content -- including original series, movies, theatrical films, mini-series, TV movies, stand-up comedies and family programming -- on demand on all flights that feature Delta's state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system. The HBO channel is available to Delta customers traveling in domestic First Class and BusinessElite, the airline's international business-class service, at no cost. The HBO channel is also available to domestic Coach Class customers on select flights for $5 per feature film or movie and $2 for all other television programs.

Customers can also view a 30-minute block of HBO content created exclusively for Delta, available at no cost on aircraft featuring Delta's overhead entertainment system. The 30-minute program blocks include ``behind-the-scenes'' footage from HBO original series and interviews with actors and directors from the network's vast programming slate.

Under Midnight Sky, The Gerber Group introduces a signature cocktail line available on board all domestic and international Delta mainline flights, select Delta Connection® carrier flights and in the airline's Crown Room Clubs® and BusinessElite® lounges. Beginning May 1, customers can choose from four cocktails that will be personally mixed by Delta flight attendants who have been specially trained by mixologists from The Gerber Group:



-- "The Big Apple" -- Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Stirrings Apple
Martini mix and Cran-Apple Juice;
-- "Summer Sizzle" -- Disaronno Amaretto and Stirrings Apple Martini
mix;
-- "Mile High Passion Fruit Mojito" -- Bacardi Rum and Stirrings
Passion Fruit Mojito mix topped with a splash of club soda;
-- "Citrus Splash" -- Finlandia Mango Infused Vodka stirred with Fresca

Delta plans to refresh the Midnight Sky cocktail line three times each year. In addition, the signature cocktails will be available at no cost to Delta customers traveling in domestic First Class and BusinessElite, as well as in Crown Room Clubs and BusinessElite lounges. International coach-class customers receive one complimentary signature cocktail, beer or wine selection during the main in-flight meal service. In addition, international and domestic coach-class customers can purchase signature cocktails for $5 each.

``Delta is dedicated to developing an in-flight experience that is truly unique and distinct from its competitors, and we're excited to partner with them to further differentiate the on-board product with the great specialty cocktails under Midnight Sky,'' said Rande Gerber.

The HBO channel showcases 40 to 50 hours of selections, including the following programs:



* Da Ali G Show * Sopranos
* Entourage * Sex & The City
* Extras * Deadwood
* Rome * The Wire
* Big Love * Ellen DeGeneres: Hear and Now
* Bill Maher: Victory Begins * Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales
at Home for Every Child
* Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker * Dane Cook: Tourgasm
* Dennis Miller: All In * Dane Cook: Vicious Circle
* HBO Comedy Half Hour * Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl

``Delta's advanced in-flight entertainment system will provide fans of HBO programming with an ideal viewing experience while they travel,'' said Dan Selig, Director, International Distribution for HBO. ``The innovation allows another opportunity to showcase the high quality and award-winning programming that has defined the HBO brand, as well as providing a new avenue for exposure to a greater domestic and international audience.''

Delta's dedicated HBO channel will also feature award-winning films, including 61*; American Splendor; For Love or Country; Dorothy Dandridge; Lackawanna Blues and Peter Sellers, as well as the critically-acclaimed mini series Band of Brothers. Additionally, the channel will offer documentaries such as Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team; When It Was a Game; the family-friendly Happy Ever After and The Sissy Duckling. Delta will update the two thirty-minute programming blocks twice a month and the on-demand programming on a quarterly basis.

The new HBO on-demand programming will be available on Delta's two-class, domestic transcontinental aircraft featuring all-leather seating in both first and coach class. On these aircraft, every customer has a front-row seat to great entertainment with Delta's state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment, boasting 24 channels of live television, more than 20 first-run and popular classic movies, a broad range of music, and a suite of 12 video games. This two-class, domestic product is offered to passengers on Delta flights over four hours (or more than 1,750 miles), including those from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle and more. HBO's on-demand programming will also be available to customers traveling internationally in BusinessElite on newly-refreshed aircraft featuring a similar, state-of-the art entertainment system.



Link: Delta Upgrades

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American Airlines Expands Video and Audio Options for Premium Passengers on Transcontinental Flights; Entertainment Media Player Test to be Conducted on MD80s

Transcontinental First and Business Class Customers Get Complimentary On-Demand Access to Movies, Music and More; LA-Chicago MD80 Passengers Participate in Test


FORT WORTH, Texas, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines, the world's largest airline and founding member of the global oneworld® Alliance, announced today it is providing new in-flight personal entertainment media players that offer free on-demand video and audio options for passengers in its premium-class cabins on transcontinental flights. Additionally, American will begin conducting an entertainment media player test on some of its MD80 aircraft that fly between Los Angeles and Chicago.

The introduction of the media players on transcontinental flights on May 1 is part of American's plan to invest in the customer experience for passengers flying in the First Class and Business Class cabins and to continue to bolster the airline's competitive position. Passengers this month will begin seeing the new personal entertainment media players on Boeing 767-200 and 767-300 aircraft flying transcontinental routes between New York and Los Angeles and between New York and San Francisco. In addition, the media players will appear on 767-300 aircraft on the Miami-San Francisco route in June.

"We've seen the popularity of personal entertainment media players continue to grow over the last few years, and we brought this same concept onboard our transcontinental flights to continue to improve the overall customer experience," said Lauri Curtis, Vice President -- Onboard Service at American Airlines. "Now customers can have complimentary on-demand access to movies, music and television all in one handheld media player in our First Class and Business Class cabins."

Transcontinental First Class and Business Class passengers will view programming on media players with seven-inch, touch-screen monitors. Each customer can easily place the portable unit for the best view possible. Customers also receive Bose® QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones to complete their audio or video sound experience while onboard the aircraft. The system offers up to 12 feature films, up to 15 hours of pre- loaded television, news programs and music videos, 50 music CDs, and 14 American Airlines-branded audio channels.

Also beginning on May 1, American will conduct a four-month test using a similar personal entertainment media player on eight MD80 flights that operate daily between Los Angeles and Chicago. The test is scheduled to last until Aug. 31. Passengers flying in First Class will be offered the product for free. Economy Class passengers will be able to rent the media players.

The portable entertainment media players on the MD80 feature a 4.3-inch monitor along with new complimentary high-quality earbud headsets. Passengers will be able to choose up to five feature films, more than three hours of a variety of television programming, up to two hours of the Cartoon Network, music videos, 50 music CDs, and 14 American Airlines-branded audio channels.

"We believe our passengers on the MD80 test will provide us with valuable feedback about the entertainment product's capabilities and its quality, content and value," Curtis said. "We'll use this feedback as we evaluate whether or not to provide these media players -- or something similar to them -- on the rest of our MD80 fleet in the future."

American's fleet of aircraft has received various upgrades over the past two years and will continue to do so. Information about American's aircraft upgrades is available at http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/pressRel..._upgrades.jhtml .


and, for those of you who "bashed" me about our crappy Hawai'i service, read this one and figure out which airline our First Class customers may chose....

Hawaiian Airlines Innovates With Tasting Menu Concept

HONOLULU, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Airlines is taking in-flight dining to new heights with the airline industry's first "tasting menu" for its First Class customers.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070501/LATU072)

Modeled after the popular dining style found in high-end restaurants, Hawaiian's onboard tasting menu lets customers create their own meal by pairing choices from a range of sumptuous entrees designed in collaboration with award-winning Hawaii Regional Cuisine Chef Beverly Gannon.

Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian's president and CEO, commented, "People want greater control over their travel experience. That's why we're giving customers more choices in every aspect of their travel on Hawaiian, from booking online to checking in for flights, and now with their dining in First Class."

Dunkerley added, "We were already getting rave reviews for Bev Gannon's onboard artistry. Our new tasting menu will set us further apart from the rest of the industry. With other carriers resorting to selling in-flight meals or eliminating them altogether, we saw this as an opportunity to further distinguish Hawaiian's quality of service."

For lunch and dinner, First Class customers select three of five entrees to create their meal. Twenty entrees have been designed for the tasting menu and will be used in different groupings systemwide to ensure constant variety, even for Hawaiian's most frequent customers.

Hawaiian is complementing its new tasting menu with a refreshing Pomegranate Passion beverage created exclusively for the airline, along with mochi ice cream for dessert.

For breakfast, First Class travelers will select two of three entrees and also receive a fresh plate of assorted fruits.

One of each entree is prepared for every First Class customer on every flight, ensuring that all customers will receive their first choice of three entrees. The extra food provisions for each flight will allow Hawaiian's flight crew to also enjoy the entrees for their meal.

Hawaiian has also introduced new noise-canceling headsets in First Class to further enhance the quality and value of its premium product.

Chef Gannon, Hawaiian's executive chef and owner of two acclaimed Maui restaurants, Hali'imaile General Store and Joe's, gives Hawaiian's new menu a unique flair inspired by the islands, with entrees like Hawaiian Crab Cake Tantalizing "Taste of the Island" with a Zesty Pineapple Salsa, Rock Shrimp and Lemon Pepper Ravioli with Creamy Sun Dried Tomato-Basil Sauce and Tri-Pepper Garni, and Chicken Tandoori served with a tangy Makhani Sauce and Sultana Basmati Rice Pilaf.

"For years, Hawaiian has been raising the standard for in-flight dining to a quality people expect when going to a restaurant," said Chef Gannon. "Our new tasting menu gives travelers the flexibility to tailor their First Class dining to their own tastes and lifestyle choices. It makes their travel experience that much more enjoyable."

Airline caterer Gate Gourmet developed the tasting menu concept for Hawaiian and is working closely with Chef Gannon and Hawaiian's in-flight department on the catering and presentation of the new service.

Keith McGrath, Gate Gourmet's vice president of customer services, said, "Hawaiian wanted to offer a truly unique and special meal for its First Class customers and we're proud to have created a collaborative solution that meets their needs."

Hawaiian introduced the new tasting menu March 1st on its San Francisco-Honolulu route and has been phasing the service into its eight other West Coast routes, as well as those serving Sydney, American Samoa and Tahiti. The new service will be offered systemwide in May.

For Coach Class passengers, Hawaiian continues to offer complimentary meal service, also designed by Chef Gannon, with a choice of three entrees on all transpacific flights.


Hawaiian Press Release

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anyone paying attention in Tempe? or do you think they'll just offer a "NEW" menu item in F that they can recycle on every other route for the next year?
 
US Airways has several options for Inflight Entertainment

Window gazing (select seats only)
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Study the hair, guess the face! Available all flights
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Napkin Tic Tac Toe. All Beverage flights. Pen not provided.
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Also, US Airways is expanding its popular "Galley Show" program by removing obtrusive gallies and closets from all fleets. This will make cabin crew conversation more audible and provide a visual. Hear all about Pennsylvania government aid, spirited debates on the virtues of varied antidepressants, and aches and pains of our veteran stars of the sky! Mature audiences only.
 
US does have free pie from Four Points that's gonna save the company "significant" amounts of money in the coming year.
 
US Airways has several options for Inflight Entertainment

Window gazing (select seats only)
bxp70128.jpg


Study the hair, guess the face! Available all flights
back_of_head_small.jpg


Napkin Tic Tac Toe. All Beverage flights. Pen not provided.
Tic-Tac-Toe-2.jpg


Also, US Airways is expanding its popular "Galley Show" program by removing obtrusive gallies and closets from all fleets. This will make cabin crew conversation more audible and provide a visual. Hear all about Pennsylvania government aid, spirited debates on the virtues of varied antidepressants, and aches and pains of our veteran stars of the sky! Mature audiences only.

EMBFA-You've created a new classic! :lol:
 
EMBFA-You've created a new classic! :lol:

sky high states: I agree, that was funny!!! ROTFL.
Reminds me of when passengers used to ask on the 727-200's. What's the Movie? I used to say, "Gone with the Wind.....stick your head out the window, you'll get the picture".

EMB, you forgot shadow puppets. Go get the emerg. flashlight and form a dog with your hands and turn the lights low and flash it on the sidewall. <G>


only stating opinions.
 
US Airways has several options for Inflight Entertainment

Window gazing (select seats only)
bxp70128.jpg


Study the hair, guess the face! Available all flights
back_of_head_small.jpg


Napkin Tic Tac Toe. All Beverage flights. Pen not provided.
Tic-Tac-Toe-2.jpg


Also, US Airways is expanding its popular "Galley Show" program by removing obtrusive gallies and closets from all fleets. This will make cabin crew conversation more audible and provide a visual. Hear all about Pennsylvania government aid, spirited debates on the virtues of varied antidepressants, and aches and pains of our veteran stars of the sky! Mature audiences only.
in better than three years of visiting and participating on this website, i have never laughed harder than when i read your post!! thank you!!