Major airline teams up with Spotify to maximize in-flight entertainment

Chicago-headquartered United Airlines is partnering up with popular music app Spotify to make in-flight entertainment even better United Airlines passengers will be able to listen to curated Spotify playlists audiobooks and video podcasts directly from their seatback screens starting this week This is a first for Spotify which has never offered its video and audiobook features on an airplane platform United explained in a press release Spotify has a huge audience and people love their content And now our customers can enjoy it all in a simple and easy way at feet declared Richard Nunn CEO of MileagePlus in the press release Together we re giving millions of customers an entirely new way to experience and explore premium content from the world s majority popular artists authors and podcasters all while flying with the latest mechanism in the sky United disclosed next year passengers will be able to use their personal devices to log into the Spotify app on the inflight entertainment screen Spotify disclosed United was the right partner to bring its content to passengers The collaboration brings the Spotify experience fans know and love to the skies so passengers can stream their favorite playlists podcasts and audiobooks on United flights the streaming giant commented in an email to CNBC The move follows record customer satisfaction scores from its inflight entertainment highlighted in first-quarter earnings a United spokesperson disclosed