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Virgin to screen in-flight Sky News text service
Virgin Atlantic is to offer live text news on flights.
The service will provide up to date news stories onto seatback TVs.
Sky News will provide the news content, which will include breaking news, business news, sports and match results, celebrity gossip and weather information.
The live text news service will be available on all V:Port equipped aircraft. All Virgin Atlantic aircraft are fitted with personal seat back TV’s for every passenger. In-flight entertainment system V:Port has over 300 hours of video and audio on demand which allows passengers to stop, start, fast forward and rewind.
Dave Tharp, the airline’s senior manager, development & logistics, onboard media, said: “News provision has developed so much over the years, with people now able to access up-to-the-minute information while they are travelling.
“We wanted to reflect this in our onboard service and now, whether you want the very latest breaking news headlines, the latest score at Stamford Bridge or the hottest showbiz news, you’ll be able to find out when flying.”
Report by Phil Davies
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