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Hawaiian Airlines Replacing Entertainment Systems With IPads

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Hawaiian Airlines will be offering the Apple iPad mini on all of its wide-body Boeing 767-300 aircraft as in-flight entertainment, starting this September.

The airline has contracted Bluebox Avionics to deploy 1,500 iPad minis on 14 B767 aircrafts serving 14 routes between Hawai‘i and the U.S. Mainland, Asia and South Pacific. The iPad minis will replace all current portable entertainment systems on all of Hawaiian Airlines’ B767 routes.

The iPad minis are complimentary in Business Class on all B767 routes and available for rent in Economy Class for $15 if reserved at departure gate prior to boarding, and $17 if rented in-flight.

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