Air India to lease 150 iPads to replace defective in-flight screens

National carrier Air India plans to lease "new iPads with pre-loaded content" for service recovery onboard its aircraft.
According to the tender document issued on February 23, 2018, the airline intends to deploy 150 new iPads on 18 aircraft.
The new iPads are expected to assist in service recovery as substitutes for defective in-flight entertainment systems.
Last month, Air India's CMD Pradeep Singh Kharola had indicated that the airline might deploy substitutes for defective in-flight entertainment systems.Air India has invited bids for 150 iPads to replace defective video screens on some of its planes.
The tender is for new tablets for 18 aircraft in Air India's fleet and is for the period of one year.The bid document seeks to lease new iPads (Pro 10.5) with preloaded content by using the current IFE (in-flight entertainment) content for service recovery on board its aircraft."An airline official said on the condition of anonymity that these iPads are a backup option and will be provided to passengers in premium classes whose IFE screens are unserviceable.He added that these tablets would be used for Air Indias Boeing 777 planes.


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