MONTREAL, July 10, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Transat, Canada's leading specialist in vacation travel, is now offering passengers free on-demand entertainment on all its European flights, and on most of its flights to Sun destinations.

"We continue to invest in its fleet in order to provide passengers with the best possible in-flight experience in the country. After equipping our Airbus A330s with individual touch screens, we are pleased to offers passengers travelling on our Airbus A310s access to onboard individual entertainment through their own personal tablets, smart phones – iOS and Android - and laptops", announces Jean-François Lemay, General Manager of Air Transat.

The new service will be available through the aircraft's WiFi system immediately after takeoff. All Air Transat flights to Europe provide passengers with free on-demand entertainment (films, TV shows and music) through individual touch screens on board Airbus A330s*, or via complimentary WiFi on board Airbus A310s. Passengers travelling on an Air Transat Airbus will be able to choose the movie or TV show they feel like watching during the flight at no extra cost. Another great way to start off a wonderful vacation!

Instructions on accessing the on-demand entertainment system will be available on board the aircraft.

* With the exception of one aircraft.

About Air Transat
Air Transat is Canada's leading holiday travel airline. Every year, it carries some 3 million passengers to nearly 60 destinations in 25 countries. The company employs approximately 2,000 people. Air Transat is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc., an integrated international tour operator with more than 60 destination countries and that distributes products in over 50 countries.

SOURCE Transat A.T. Inc.