True to its budget carrier ethos, Nok Air is not known for offering bells and whistles. And in fact, during a recent Nok Air Boeing 737-800 flight between Phuket and Bangkok, RGN observed the lack of inflight Wi-Fi or entertainment. But Nok Air appears ready to remedy the situation, having selected French firm Moment’s wireless IFE and e-commerce platform for fourteen 737-800s, with content streamed to passengers’ devices.
Financial terms have not been revealed. But Nok Air’s decision to adopt Moment’s Flymingo Box-branded portable solution, with content stored in server units, comes at a time when a growing list of low-cost carriers around the world are embracing the addition of cost-efficient wireless entertainment and buy-on-board platforms for their jets.
Moment tells Runway Girl Network that a single Flymingo Box has the server capacity to offer wireless…