Food and beverage operator OTG plans to include 7,000 new iPads at airports over the next 18 months. The company has been testing the service at LaGuardia Airport by offering use of 300 iPads to its diners.
The planned roll-out includes dining locations at LaGuardia, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and Toronto Pearson International Airport.
“Using OTG’s custom browser, diners will be able to use the iPads to order meals through a visual menu, surf the Web, check their Facebook and Twitter accounts, get up-to-date flight information and play games,” reports Digital Trends. “Security is assured by simply hitting the home button, at which moment any personal information and browsing history will be wiped from the tablet.”
“We believe this to be the largest deployment of consumer-facing iPads in the world, and for us, it’s just the beginning,” explains OTG chief exec Rick Blatstein. “We’re marrying culinary excellence at the airport with new media. In addition to the content we are already offering, we see this as a significant opportunity for broader deployment of digital content from movies to news to games.”
In related news, Scoot Pte has replaced two tons of its bulky in-flight entertainment systems with iPads in an effort to save fuel. “The tablets helped the carrier cut 7 percent off the weight of planes obtained from parent Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) even after a 40 percent increase in seating,” reports Bloomberg.
Economy passengers will be charged a rental fee of $17 U.S. to rent iPads loaded with movies, TV shows, music, and games. Business class passengers will have free use of iPads.
Food and beverage operator OTG plans to include 7,000 new iPads at airports over the next 18 months. The company has been testing the service at LaGuardia Airport by offering use of 300 iPads to its diners.
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