IndiGo announces in-flight entertainment facility for passengers

Airline major IndiGo on Tuesday announced that the company will launch a new in-flight entertainment content facility, aiming to improve customer experience through “continuous digitisation”.

The company said it has upgraded its app to provide options to watch popular blockbuster movies, TV shows, access moving maps, games, as well as tune into a wide range of music genres, all while cruising at 30,000 ft.

Flyers can avail this new feature using the IndiGo app, and the trial will be conducted for customers travelling on Delhi-Goa route from May 1.

“As part of the ongoing, continuous endeavour to enhance the customer journey through digitisation, IndiGo will trial new entertainment content. Available to its customers in-flight, using the IndiGo app, the trial will be conducted for customers travelling between the Delhi-Goa sector from 1st May 2024, for a period of three months,” the company said in a statement.

Customers can use the IndiGo app to stream over 200 hours of content across formats and genres which includes carefully selected Indian and Hollywood movies, shows and all-time popular songs. Additionally, children can enjoy a fun treasure hunt game using the moving map feature during the journey, it added.

"At IndiGo, we understand that travel is not just about reaching the destination, but also enjoying the journey. Keeping in mind the evolving expectations of the digital-savvy Indian travellers, we have added this new feature as an extension of our mobile app to offer, as a trial, a diverse range of entertainment options to our customers,” senior official at IndiGo.

Passengers will have to carry their personal Bluetooth/wired headphones to enjoy the in-flight trial service.