Airline in-flight entertainment - Cheapflights (2024)

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The major carriers’ offerings

Use our handy table to compare the extra charges of the main airlines in the UK. If you know you’re going to want in-flight entertainment, make sure you add these charges on first to get a realistic idea of the true cost of your ticket.

Meals | Seats | In-flight Entertainment

Airline	Head set	Entertainment
Air Berlin	Bring your own or purchase from the cabin crew for €3, free on long-haul flights	TV, radio and complimentary newspapers and magazines on all flights. Films on flights longer than four hours. On long-haul flights movies, music videos and short film reports are screened.
Air Canada	Bring your own or buy a pair for $3 CAD/USD on Canadian, US, Caribbean, Mexican and Hawaiian flights. Headphones are offered free of charge on all international flights.	Personal touch screen TV with more than 600 hours of on-demand entertainment including moves, TV shows, radio and music albums.
Air France	Free	Full entertainment programme on long-haul flights.
Aer Lingus	Free	Personal monitor showing films, TV and games on all long-haul flights. Cara in-flight magazine.
Alitalia	Free	Wide range of programming – films, radio, music. Ability to call other passengers, free of charge. LCD screens on B767. Video on Demand system on B777.
British Airways	Free	Personal monitors playing movies, TV, audio and games.
Cathay Pacific	Free	Personal monitors playing movies, TV, CDs and radio.
easyJet	No	None, apart from Traveller, the in-flight magazine.
Emirates	Free	Personal monitors playing movies, TV, audio and games.
Flybe	No	Just the in-flight magazine Flybe Uncovered.
Germanwings	No	None, apart from the in-flight magazine GW.
Iberia	Free	Personal monitors playing movies, audio and games.
Jet2	£7.50 for handheld player	Digital media players booked for certain routes playing movies, TV and music.
KLM	Free	Personal monitor with movies, TV, games, CDs, audio books and language courses.
Lufthansa	Free	Personal monitor playing movies, TV, radio.
Monarch	Free	Available on all long-haul flights (TV or films). Limited entertainment on medium-haul flights.
Qantas	Free	Personal monitor with movies, TV, audio books, music and games.
Ryanair	No	None.
SWISS	Free	Personal monitors with movies, TV, music, radio and games on long-haul flights.
Thomson	Depends on class	Passengers may bring their own electronic devices. In Economy club and Premium club, TVs are provided on long-haul flights.
Virgin Atlantic	Free	Personal monitors with movies, tv, music videos, radio and games.
Wizz Air	No	None, apart from the in-flight magazine.

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