Qatar Airways is one of the first carriers to adopt the Panasonic eX2. Passengers will be able to choose their entertainment options either through touch screen seat back TV monitors or browse channels using handsets installed in each seat. The system has a unique onscreen graphic user interface allowing passengers to navigate in any one of eight languages.

Qatar Airways has opted for exciting inflight programming content from around the world for is the new-look Oryx Entertainment system. To celebrate the launch of Oryx Entertainment, Qatar Airways is showcasing the entire collection of 21 James Bond films onboard.

The new-look entertainment system will gradually be phased in across the airline’s fleet of Boeing 777 passenger aircraft as they are delivered over the next three years.

Qatar Airways’ first Boeing 777 will be deployed on the Doha – Washington route from January 2008, by which time the airline takes delivery of its second Boeing 777. Until then the aircraft will fly selected regional routes across the Middle East.

As one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of 59 aircraft to 80 destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Far East, Indian subcontinent and North America.

The launch of the US flights was the highlight of Qatar Airways’ route expansion programme during 2007, which has already seen Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Bali, Ho Chi Minh City, Chennai, Geneva, Nagpur and Stockholm added to the carrier’s burgeoning network.