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Amazon Prime Instant Video takes to the skies

Amazon Prime members will have instant access to thousands of titles available on Prime Instant Video over free Wi-Fi at no additional cost to their membership.

May 6, 2015

Amazon and JetBlue this week announced that they will bring unlimited, on-demand entertainment to airline travel later this year through JetBlue's free high-speed, Wi-Fi broadband Internet. The platform, branded Fly-Fi , allows Amazon Prime members to instantly access tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost to their memberships.

In addition, all JetBlue customers can rent or purchase hundreds of thousands of titles in the Amazon Instant Video store, including new-release movies and day-after TV programming over the free broadband internet.

"We want to provide the best digital video experience to our customers and we're excited that, with JetBlue, we will raise the bar in airline entertainment," Michael Paull, vice president of digital video at Amazon, said in a statement. "We're thrilled that Fly-Fi technology will give Prime members and customers unlimited, on-demand access to the full catalog of titles from Amazon's digital video library while they're in the sky — without the need to rush to download one more episode or movie before taking off, we're helping make airline travel more enjoyable."

"Just like at home, customers will be able to access movies and TV shows from Amazon from 35,000 feet in the sky over our super-fast and free Fly-Fi," Jamie Perry, vice president, brand and product development, JetBlue, said in a statement. "Amazon's customer focus aligns perfectly with the experience we have created for our customers, including the best inflight entertainment, free unlimited snacks and beverages, lots of personal space with the most legroom in coach, and wide, comfortable seating. By teaming up with a category-leader like Amazon, we created a unique model where we can offer complimentary broadband internet access."