Singapore Airlines (SIA) is claiming to be the first airline to offer passengers the ability to connect their Apple iPod personal electronic devices to an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system.

The Star Alliance carrier says in a statement that the first flight to allow passengers iPod integration with the Panasonic Avionics IFE system was operated out of Singapore today.

The Airbus A340-500 is operating to Newark in the USA and the aircraft is the first of five A340-500s that SIA is having reconfigured to all-business class layouts.

A spokesman for the carrier says a check with Apple has confirmed that SIA is the first airline to allow passengers to play music and view video content using their own iPod or iPhone devices through

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