Flydubai has announced it will start to charge passengers to watch films onboard. Although its new aircraft have been delivered with in-flight entertainment systems, flydubai is now including entertainment in its itemised pricing system.
"In line with flydubai's culture of only charging travellers for the services they use, the new in-flight entertainment will be available as an optional extra in the way that baggage and meals are," the airline said. "Passengers travelling on these new flydubai aircraft will have the ability to choose what they want to watch depending on their preference and how much they want to spend," the airline said, without elaborating.
Watching a film on the new aircraft will cost about Dh25 (US$6.80), while TV programmes on the in-flight system will cost between Dh5 and Dh10, depending on their length.