passenger aboard American Airlines flights will soon have an in - flight amusement option that ’s not “ La La Land , but you precipitate asleep 20 minutes in and do n’t rewind it so now you ’ll never really bed the plot of that movie”:TikTok , which just became available for free in 30 - minute increment .
Beginning on August 2 , any American Airlines client traveling aboard Viasat - equipped narrowbody aircraft will be able to lumber in to their TikTok account for gratuitous by enable airplane mode , connecting to the “ AA - Inflight ” signal , and press the TikTok advertising that pops up on aainflight.com . Even if you ’re not already a TikTok substance abuser , you ’ll still be able to access and download the app in - trajectory free of bearing ( TikTok does n’t require exploiter to have an explanation to watch videos ) .
In apress release , American Airlines said that this and other trials , like its recent maraud into offering free in - flight of stairs electronic messaging throughFacebook Messenger , “ aid American evaluate offering to ensure the undecomposed experience for client throughout their journey . ”
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“ Faster Wi - Fi allows us to deliver diverse inflight entertainment pick and place in innovative partnerships with platforms like TikTok , ” Clarissa Sebastian , American ’s Managing Director of Premium Customer Experience and Onboard Products , sound out in a financial statement . “ Customers diddle the lead role in helping us better interpret what content they want during their inflight experience and TikTok is one of the platforms they make out on the earth , and we ’re thrilled to work with Viasat to give client gratuitous access to TikTok while they ’re in the air as well . ”
Since the offering is “ promotional ” in nature , it ’s safe to assume that TikTok wo n’t become a lasting fixture aboard American Airlines flights just yet . But give way how easy it is to obliterate a few transactions ( hours ? ) peruse the obliviousness of TikTok ’s eternal scroll , it might just be the best in - flight of steps beguilement of all time — perchance it ’ll stick around longer than we remember .
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