Apple’s iPad mini to be offered by Hawaiian Airlines as in-flight entertainment

Hawaii’s largest airline, and the 11th largest in the U.S., Hawaiian Airlines announced on Thursday that it will be offering Apple’s iPad mini to passengers traveling on routes served by its fleet of Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

The airline is contracting with Bluebox Avionics, an in-flight entertainment system supplier, to roll out the iPad minis in a total of 14 planes by Sept. 1. In all, 1,400 tablets will be dispensed to cover the 14 routes from Hawaiian Airlines’ hub in Honolulu to the U.S. mainland, Asia, the South Pacific.