Turkish Airlines Launch Live TV And Internet

Turkish Airlines will be the first carrier to offer live, inflight television on Trans-Atlantic flights. Turkish Airlines  will also become among first European carriers by introducing wifi internet access to it’s passengers.
 
Panasonic's eXTV television network uses the company's eXConnect in-flight Ku-band communications service to deliver high quality television programming to passengers during their flight. It will provide live, uninterrupted content to aircraft flying all over the world, even over oceans. The service will offer several channels as BBC World, BBC Arabic and Euronews on available Turkish Airlines flights.

Panasonic's wifi system uses the company's eXConnect in-flight Ku-band communications service to deliver high speed internet access to passengers. Passengers will be able to go online using their mobile devices such as notebook, ipad, tablets etc. on available Turkish Airlines flights.

Turkish Airlines will deliver the first B777-300ER with GCS system from the Boeing Company on September 23rd, 2011. Turkish Airlines also plans the launch this system on its existing aircraft, 11 Boeing 777-300ER and 10 Airbus A330-200 in the near future.

About Turkish Airlines:
Established in 1933 with a fleet of only five airplanes, Star Alliance member, Turkish Airlines is today a four star airline company with a fleet of 177 aircraft (passenger and cargo) flying to 187 destinations around the world, comprising 41 domestic and 146 international destinations. One of the fastest growing airline company, Turkish Airlines received several awards by Skytrax which is known as “Passengers Choice Awards” and marked its name in the world aviation industry. According to the results of the evaluation 2011, Turkish Airlines has been chosen as the winner of the 3 categories, “Best Airline Europe”, “Best Premium Economy Seats” for its Comfort Class seats and “Best Airline Southern Europe”.

About Star Alliance:
The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller.  Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award, Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Avianca-TACA, Copa Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines have been announced as future members. Overall, the current Star Alliance network offers 21,200 daily flights to 1,185 airports in 185 countries.