CRI to provide Air China's in-flight broadcast and internet services

China Radio International (CRI) and the China National Aviation Holding Company (CNAH) have agreed to cooperate on in-flight broadcast and internet services.

Wang Gengnian, Director-General of China Radio International, delivers a speech at a ceremony where CRI and the China National Aviation Holding Company sign a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on Monday, February 12, 2018. [Photo: China Plus]

According to a strategic cooperation agreement signed in Beijing, CRI will provide news and information, music, films, TV series, documentaries, radio programs as well as new media productions for CNAH's in-flight entertainment system.

Song Zhiyong, Director of China National Aviation Holding Company, addresses a ceremony where China Radio International and the China National Aviation Holding Company sign a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on Monday, February 12, 2018. [Photo: China Plus]

The cooperation will take advantage of CRI's broadcasting in 65 languages to serve CNAH's international passengers, especially in flights along the Belt and Road routes.

Representatives from China Radio International and the China National Aviation Holding Company sign a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on Monday, February 12, 2018. [Photo: China Plus]

CNAH, the parent company of China's national flag carrier Air China, will help promote CRI's media products globally with its route network linking more than 1,300 destinations across over 190 countries and regions.

Representatives from China Radio International and China National Aviation Holding Company pose for photos after signing a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on Monday, February 12, 2018. [Photo: China Plus]

This is the first time that CNAH has entered into in-depth cooperation with a state-owned media institution for its aircraft.