Home-grown IFE for Turkish Airlines narrow-bodies

By June 29, 2018 January 16th, 2020 General News

Turkish Airlines has introduced the first wireless in-flight entertainment system to be entirely developed and produced in Turkey, with the system to be installed on its 44 narrow-body aircraft.

Developed in co-operation with Turkish Technic Inc. and Havelsan, the system will be equipped on the airline’s aircraft, which currently have no seatback screen, giving passengers access to over 250 films, 700 TV shows, 2,000 music albums, 19,000 songs, and more media content via their personal electronic devices. The move means the proportion of Turkish Airlines’ fleet boasting IFE will rise to 95%.

Turkish Airlines chairman of the board and the executive committee, M Ilker Ayci, commented that, “We’re proud to be the first user of this national production ‘Wireless In-Flight Entertainment System’, developed for the first time in Turkey, by our sector-leading subsidiary Turkish Technic Inc. and Havelsan. We believe that these kind of steps have great importance for the development of Turkish Civil Aviation.”

He continued, “We keep striving to make our passengers’ entire journey more enjoyable with our passenger satisfaction-focused approach. We are pleased to increase the availability of in-flight entertainment systems in our fleet to 95% by launching this new system, which will enable passengers on our international flights to connect to the Wi-Fi network via their personal electronic devices, and display the media content, specially designed for this system.”