United Airlines has announced the launch of a new dedicated inflight entertainment channel featuring content from NBCUniversal’s streaming home, Peacock.
The new channel became available across more than 160,000 seatback screens and on personal devices via the United mobile app starting on May 1. New Peacock originals will be added regularly.
Select episodes of shows available at launch include: The Traitors (Season 4), All Her Fault, The Paper and Poker Face. Episodes of additional titles, including The Copenhagen Test and Ponies, are expected to roll out in June.
“Entertainment plays a central role in the onboard customer experience, and we’re continuing to expand both the quality and variety of what’s available,” said Dominic Green, Director of Inflight Entertainment at United Airlines.
“With these popular series from Peacock, we’re introducing a standout lineup of widely recognised series to our seatback screens and personal device entertainment, further strengthening our premium inflight entertainment offering and giving customers more engaging ways to spend their time in the air.”
The Peacock channel builds on United’s continued investment in its inflight entertainment experience, with a library that includes more than 450 movies, over 1,000 TV episodes, 100+ international titles and more than 140 hours of podcast content.
United offers one of the most extensive selections of premium entertainment content of any U.S. airline – including Apple TV, HBO Max, A24 and Spotify.
In addition, more than 800 planes are equipped with Bluetooth audio enabled seatback screens – the most of any airline.
United is also rolling out new airplanes with 27-inch, 4K OLED seatback screens – the largest among U.S. carriers.
Meanwhile, United has launched its nonstop daily seasonal service between Glasgow and its hub at Newark/New York.
United is the only U.S. airline offering a nonstop service between Glasgow and the U.S.
The route marks United’s return to Glasgow, which the airline served previously up until October 2019.
The returning service builds on United’s existing services from Scotland: daily year-round flights from Edinburgh to Newark/New York, almost year-round, up to daily service between Edinburgh and Washington D.C., as well as a daily seasonal service between Edinburgh and Chicago O’Hare.
