Panasonic, Flight Level Media to offer inflight social media apps

Inflight entertainment and connectivity provider Panasonic Avionics will team with app developer Flight Level Media (FLM) to offer a collection of inflight social media applications, the companies said Oct 24. The announcement expands their present 2-year partnership to a multi-year collaboration. Initially, the companies will launch a Facebook inflight posting app that will enable passengers to post one-directional free messages throughout a flight. Messages will include real-time flight data showing the aircraft’s altitude, type, air speed and other information specific to the flight. Both companies are espousing the advertising, promotional and click-through opportunities inherent in the new app. The Facebook app launch will be followed by applications for Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter, the developers said. <br/>