Flights Passengers In Flight International Services U.S One's Plane

U.S. flights offer many services to their passengers, beyond the food, drinks, blankets, and pillows mentioned in this podcast. In general, the longer a flight is, the more services are offered to passengers. International flights have many more services than "domestic" (within a single country) flights do.

Many flights have in-flight entertainment. Often passengers are given "headsets" (small devices that one can put in one's ears and connect to the plane with a cable) to listen to music. Sometimes flights have television shows, too. International flights or "cross-country" (between the U.S. east and west coasts) flights often have in-flight movies. However, passengers are "increasingly" (more and more often) being asked to pay to use the headsets.

On international flights, flight attendants "pass out" (distribute) "customs forms" (paperwork that must be presented to immigration officials when one enters another country). Sometimes they help passengers fill out those forms.

Most international flights also help passengers with their "duty-free purchases." Before getting on the plane, passengers may buy things "duty-free" (without paying "tariffs," or international taxes). Then they sit on the plane and airline workers bring their packages to them. On some flights, people can shop for duty-free goods in the in-flight magazine and "place orders" (make an order) on the flight so that their purchases are waiting for them when they land.

Finally, some planes have telephones that passengers can use by "swiping" (moving one's credit card through an electronic reader very quickly) their credit cards on the back of the seat in front of them. A few planes even have "electrical outlets" (sources of electricity) so that passengers can plug in their laptop computers and other electronics during the flight.