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Old Feb 13, 2017 | 1:55 am
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Originally Posted by IAMORGAN
It's because on longer (IE Band 4 like Athens, St Petersburg and Istanbul) services BA used to (maybe still do) offer main screen ife with news followed by a feature film. They'd also give out headsets. A long time since I've done a Band 4 so no idea if they still do.

The Airbus fleet is used interchangeably though - IE those aircraft don't exclusively do Band 4.
Yes, they do still offer main screen news and films. I watched Finding Dory on an IST flight in October on one of these A320s.

Felt like going back twenty years in time.
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