No-frills flight means that nothing, not even water, comes for free. Well, you may not want to grab a sandwich or dig into the Idli or savour the coffee, but who would not want to enjoy the in-flight entertainment straight into your mobile devices which you would carry anyway!
An enterprising entrepreneur, G.B. Sai Prabhu has come out with a device, ‘AmuZ’ – A to Z, which when placed in an airplane or even a bus and a train can provide content from music to movies at a certain cost. The device, for which he is awaiting certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulatory bodies, will cost between Rs. 10,000 to 15,000 only.
“Short haul flights and most mid-haul flights lack any in-flight entertainment and I am quite sure there is a huge market waiting to be tapped. We can do the same for buses and railways but it is lucrative in planes. Moreover, bureaucratic hassles do not allow these initiatives in rail coaches, though it will be ideal for long-distance trains,” explains Mr. Prabhu.
The 54-year-old, hailing from Bangalore, was ploughing a lonely furrow at the fifth India Aviation 2016 at the Begumpet airport, amidst a multitude of big players, globally and nationally. “We made ‘AmuZ’ and created the software. There are enough players ready to join forces with us on the content front. A couple of airline operators have evinced interest in ‘pay as you travel’. We just need a go-ahead from the authorities,” he says.
To Read the News in Full 21/03/16 V. Geetanath/The Hindu
An enterprising entrepreneur, G.B. Sai Prabhu has come out with a device, ‘AmuZ’ – A to Z, which when placed in an airplane or even a bus and a train can provide content from music to movies at a certain cost. The device, for which he is awaiting certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulatory bodies, will cost between Rs. 10,000 to 15,000 only.
“Short haul flights and most mid-haul flights lack any in-flight entertainment and I am quite sure there is a huge market waiting to be tapped. We can do the same for buses and railways but it is lucrative in planes. Moreover, bureaucratic hassles do not allow these initiatives in rail coaches, though it will be ideal for long-distance trains,” explains Mr. Prabhu.
The 54-year-old, hailing from Bangalore, was ploughing a lonely furrow at the fifth India Aviation 2016 at the Begumpet airport, amidst a multitude of big players, globally and nationally. “We made ‘AmuZ’ and created the software. There are enough players ready to join forces with us on the content front. A couple of airline operators have evinced interest in ‘pay as you travel’. We just need a go-ahead from the authorities,” he says.
To Read the News in Full 21/03/16 V. Geetanath/The Hindu
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