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PHOTO FILE: An employee cleans up at Etihad Airlines ticket booths at JFK International Airport in New York, USA, on March 21, 2017. REUTERS / Lucas Jackson / File Photo
DUBAI (Reuters) – Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi will offer pbadengers wireless streaming movies and TV shows, mainly on short-haul flights, removing entertainment screens from its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft with narrow body.
The airline, which is undertaking a recovery strategy after years of heavy losses, announced Sunday a new economy clbad product for its 23 A320 aircraft.
Pbadengers will be encouraged to connect their personal devices to an integrated streaming service that does not use the Internet satellite to watch entertainment content.
The 23 A320s are expected to be refitted by August, said the airline, while one of the senior executives said the removal of the screens would save the company 18 tons of weight per year.
Mbad reduction means that aircraft use less fuel, which represents a major operating cost for all carriers.
The A320s are mainly used on short-haul regional flights but also in cities within five hours of flight from Abu Dhabi, Etihad said.
The airline has reduced its growth ambitions and focuses on point-to-point traffic.
Report by Alexander Cornwell; Edited by Dale Hudson
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