IFE: Home Theatre in the Skies

Consumer electronics advances and airline expansion, particularly overseas, have rekindled an inflight entertainment industry that faded considerably following 9/11. A new study by the UK's Inflight Management Development Center predicts 50% growth in the market in the next five years, while analysts at Ireland-based Research and Markets say IFE is in "the shape of its life and looking to go from strength to strength in 2005." The market "took off at the end of last year," agrees Brad ...