By getting rid of entertainment equipment, the carrier could reduce aircraft weight by 7%, the general director of Scoot Campbell Wilson. iPad with music, movies, games and TV shows will be available to business class passengers free of charge and economy class passengers - for $ 17.
Scoot made its first flight on June 5 this year. Low budget airline plane landed in Sydney with 400 passengers on board. The carrier will fly daily from the largest city in Australia, Singapore, the ticket price will be about 179 Australian dollars (175 U.S. dollars) in one direction. For comparison, tickets for AirAsia planes are 2.5 times more expensive.
Scoot is planning to fly to Australia, China, Thailand, Japan and Taiwan. By 2015, the carrier expects to increase its fleet to 14 aircraft, which will allow to fly to 12-15 lines.
Recall, American Airlines became the first airline, which last year granted permission for use in flight Tablet PC iPad. Device replaces the standard guide for pilots, consisting of 12,000 pages and weighs almost 17 kg. Passengers American Airlines aircraft made it possible to use during the flight plates Galaxy Tab.
Tablet PC from Samsung replaced the existing gadgets in many domestic and international flights American Airlines. Each tablet Android-loaded more than 70 films and various TV shows and music programs.
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