The latest victim of the pandemic is American Airlines’ inflight magazine…
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United’s Hemispheres has been printed during the pandemic and was mailed to elites. It was an excellent marketing tool to stay connected to homebound customers. As of this month Hemispheres is BACK on planes.
American Way was great if you were looking for a plastic surgeon in southern Florida. Pages upon pages of doctors to choose from.
I personally will miss the in-flight magazine. I found myself looking at the route maps all the time thinking about future travel plans during taxi/take-off/landing when using personal devices or IFE was limited. I also liked the fleet pages. It was particularly fun when on an airline I didn't know as well. Just had a flight on AeroMexico and flipped through their magazine and found it fun.
Specific to AA, they should keep the magazine with all those planes without seatback IFE.
Figured I wasn’t the only one who did this. Loved the route map/fleet pages as well
I'm really annoyed and saddened by this. I liked the inflight magazine and think that keeping it throughout the pandemic was one of the things that AA did right. As others stated, I loved looking at the route maps, the airport maps, etc. Kept me engaged with the airline. Sad it's going away.
Very disappointing - first thing I do after I get settled in is grab the magazine and tackle the crossword puzzle; usually I can knock it out before takeoff. At some point in flight I will hammer out at least one Sudoku. And yes, route maps, terminal maps, fleet guides, etc were all fascinating.
I will be mentioning the loss of the magazine in any post-flight surveys I receive, though I know it won’t make a difference.
Hemispheres actually shockingly got really good with the mailed out version
Fun while it lasted
Sad to see this go but can see why. I’m curious about their Celebrated Living magazine they had exclusively in domestic first/international biz. I noticed at the start of the pandemic it was removed and haven’t seen it come back yet (guessing never now). The magazine was more lifestyle focused and more interesting to read than American Way.
Loved Celebrated Living. Keep asking AA if it was ever coming back, we absolutely know it won't now. Shame, reminded me of Departures and Centurion Magazine.
I hope they stick around. On inter European flights where WiFi is still an exception, not the norm, it is definitely nice to browse through them.
Nice that BA transitioned High Life over to a digital format.
When flying international airlines it is absolutely something I will peruse both because the flight is so long that I can’t be watching entertainment the whole time and I’d like to learn about the airline, route map history etc and the country I’m flying to, many have really interesting write ups about the culture etc.
Perhaps they should just offer an e-version?
Next flight….extra suitcase….50 inflight magazines….wait 50 years…..sell on EBay….retire.
How will I ever find out which are currently, "America's Top Ten Steakhouses?"
Lucky,
In Europe you have probably noticed that other than the very newest planes, the domestic and inter regional flights do not have wifi activated even in business class. That is why the loss of the magazine on airlines such as EasyJet and Jet2 would be such a big deal for me.
Lucky,
In Europe you have probably noticed that other than the very newest planes, the domestic and inter regional flights do not have wifi activated even in business class. That is why the loss of the magazine on airlines such as EasyJet and Jet2 would be such a big deal for me. So I hope they don’t go away and I prefer paper to screens, especially with battery stress and needing phone charge for taxi and ticket on other end etc.
I always found it irrationally entertaining to study the airport maps in the back of American Way, even though I know how all of those airports are laid out.
Sorry to break the bad news. Most of the comics from 50 years ago are worth less that $10 each.
So you probably end up retiring with $500 equivalent of today's value.
People always believe the junks they are keeping and passing on to grandkids are worth millions.
Could someone explain why American Airlines thinks 3 inflight magazines published Bi-Monthly was a good idea.
Celebrated Living for First Class, American Way for coach, Nexos in Spanish.
I can live with that on DL. It sucks on AA because they don't have IFE fleet wide.
I've been collecting inflight magazines since I was a kid - mostly for the route maps! Although, I do recall one article from Alaska Airlines Magazine from the mid-90s that was a well researched article on the growth of Starbucks and fancy coffee in the US. Still have that article to this day! Will miss the magazines on board, they were a perfect way to pass time - especially when you were not able to charge your electronic device!
It's still good to have non-battery powered media like newspapers & magazines when traveling.
Me too! I always paged through them and checked out the route maps along with terminal layouts for places I was transiting along with places I might someday visit.
Wow. So they get rid of the seatback IFE and now the in-flight magazine. Imagine if your phone was dead and you forgot your charging cable. And now, no magazine to keep you occupied either. You're left with the safety card and the vomit bag. Talk about a miserable flight.
High Life has some really great articles too. Probably a marginally higher level of intelligence required than the U.S. Carriers magazines.
"3 perfect days" inside Hemispheres are great reads.
That said, those inflight magazines are just filthy. It shouldn't take a pandemic for people to realize that.
Lastly, printed media is dying. Not sure why inflight magazines are any different. Printing periodicals is a complete waste of paper, ink, and in case of inflight magazines, jet fuel.
I’m actually sad to see it go. Guess I’m one of the few weirdos who was actually interested in reading stories in American Way!
I’m torn… As a digital native & environmentalist, I can see how this makes sense. But there’s also nothing that compares with the tactile experience of reading a book or magazine. We lose something every time a legacy print magazine and newspaper folds. So this makes me sad.
What about the Terminal maps? What about the aircraft info?
Not always easy to find this stuff, and looking at terminal maps on a phone screen in the AA app, well, try it and see. How many people can find info on their airline (i.e. brand [AA] fleet at seatguru.com Most travellers don't know about that resource.
Disappointed while i use a computer a lot it is nice to have other media options such the American way magazine. I have enjoyed reading it since my first American Airlines flight in 1986. I would look at the magazine when Taxing before takeoff and till you could start using the computer then once again when you had to put your computer away for the descent and till we reached the gate. Also I would take the magazine with me leaving it at work or bringing home for family. So I will miss it but does not surprise me that American is abruptly ending it. As a 2.3 million miler Platinum for Life. I am more shocked that I found this out on the internet and not via an email to me. But then again Im just another passenger to Americn.
I always enjoyed the in-flight magazines. I understand why they are being replaced with in-flight entertainment. I have most issues of the in-flight magazine from 1966. Where can I market them or donate them?
The vintage articles and advertising is fun and intertaining.
I was looking for a list of past editors. My uncle Donald Knoles was an editor, maybe in the 1960's - 1970's.