Air France, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, KLM and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines will begin offering their passengers iPod seat connections, which power and charge iPods during flight and allow the video content on the devices to be viewed on seat-back displays.

The service will begin in the middle of next year."

Now that is pretty handy. It would definitely give me incentive to use the video iPod for tv shows from the iTunes store, instead of dealing with my laptop while the guy next to me keeps jabbing me with his elbow. On the other hand, seat-back displays aren't worth much when the person in front of you reclines. But heck, at least it would charge my iPod... those 6 hour flights to Pittsburgh are a real drain on the batteries.

Via The Consumerist