The major carriers’ offerings
Use our handy table to compare the extra charges of the main airlines in the UK. If you know you’re going to want in-flight entertainment, make sure you add these charges on first to get a realistic idea of the true cost of your ticket.
Meals | Seats | In-flight Entertainment
| Airline | Head set | Entertainment |
| Air Berlin | Bring your own or purchase from the cabin crew for €3, free on long-haul flights | TV, radio and complimentary newspapers and magazines on all flights. Films on flights longer than four hours. On long-haul flights movies, music videos and short film reports are screened. |
| Air Canada | Bring your own or buy a pair for $3 CAD/USD on Canadian, US, Caribbean, Mexican and Hawaiian flights. Headphones are offered free of charge on all international flights. | Personal touch screen TV with more than 600 hours of on-demand entertainment including moves, TV shows, radio and music albums. |
| Air France | Free | Full entertainment programme on long-haul flights. |
| Aer Lingus | Free | Personal monitor showing films, TV and games on all long-haul flights. Cara in-flight magazine. |
| Alitalia | Free | Wide range of programming – films, radio, music. Ability to call other passengers, free of charge. LCD screens on B767. Video on Demand system on B777. |
| British Airways | Free | Personal monitors playing movies, TV, audio and games. |
| Cathay Pacific | Free | Personal monitors playing movies, TV, CDs and radio. |
| easyJet | No | None, apart from Traveller, the in-flight magazine. |
| Emirates | Free | Personal monitors playing movies, TV, audio and games. |
| Flybe | No | Just the in-flight magazine Flybe Uncovered. |
| Germanwings | No | None, apart from the in-flight magazine GW. |
| Iberia | Free | Personal monitors playing movies, audio and games. |
| Jet2 | £7.50 for handheld player | Digital media players booked for certain routes playing movies, TV and music. |
| KLM | Free | Personal monitor with movies, TV, games, CDs, audio books and language courses. |
| Lufthansa | Free | Personal monitor playing movies, TV, radio. |
| Monarch | Free | Available on all long-haul flights (TV or films). Limited entertainment on medium-haul flights. |
| Qantas | Free | Personal monitor with movies, TV, audio books, music and games. |
| Ryanair | No | None. |
| SWISS | Free | Personal monitors with movies, TV, music, radio and games on long-haul flights. |
| Thomson | Depends on class | Passengers may bring their own electronic devices. In Economy club and Premium club, TVs are provided on long-haul flights. |
| Virgin Atlantic | Free | Personal monitors with movies, tv, music videos, radio and games. |
| Wizz Air | No | None, apart from the in-flight magazine. |
