American Airlines is set to provide an in - flight of stairs amusement mass medium thespian for $ 8 a flight , filled with motion , medicine videos , games , and that day ’s major newspapers . obviously , half of American ’s fleet are MD-80s which have no on - board entertainment . Rather than spending lots of money to retrofit them with expensive , integrated system , American hope to treat rider need on a more individual ground .
Flights with the yet - unbranded portable medium gadget start this week on flights from LaGuardia to Miami and LaGuardia to Dallas .
American Airlines To pop the question In - Flight Entertainment To Rival Smaller Carriers[NY1 viaCoranteNewYork ]
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