United Airlines will be equipping their 23,000 flight attendants with the iPhone 6 Plus. The devices will have the ability to handle most onboard retail transactions and will place important safety and service information at flight attendants’ fingertips. In future they will replace the flight attendants’ printed safety manual with an electronic version on their iPhones and provide real-time reporting and improved follow-up on aircraft cabin issues and repairs.
The deployment of iPhone 6 Plus for United flight attendants follows the airline’s deployment of iPads to pilots beginning in 2011, in a move toward creating paperless aircraft and flight decks.
United operates an average of 5,100 flights daily to 374 airports around the world. It has a fleet of over 700 aircraft.
