Delta launches new flight map designed for accessibility

Delta is bringing a brand new, extra accessible flight map to most of its 165,000 seatback screens—essentially the most within the trade—making the beloved shifting map expertise extra accessible than ever. The brand new flight map prioritizes accessibility whereas persevering with to supply the important thing options clients know, love and anticipate. Its high-contrast show and options are designed particularly with travellers with low-vision disabilities in thoughts. The improved product ensures that much more clients are empowered to expertise the flight map effortlessly and independently.

“Nobody higher connects the world than Delta,” says Ekrem Dimbiloglu, Managing Director of Buyer Expertise – In-Flight Leisure, Delta Studio and Wi-Fi. “To really fulfill that promise, we should guarantee each buyer can join with their journey in a method that enhances their expertise and makes them really feel valued and cared for. We’re proud to be the primary airline to launch this know-how, setting the usual for inclusive journey experiences throughout the trade.”

For numerous vacationers, Delta’s flight map is a beloved a part of the in-flight leisure expertise—it’s a possibility to immerse themselves of their journey whereas embracing mindfulness by the calming particulars of the shifting map. Delta’s new flight map demonstrates the airline’s understanding of the significance of creating this expertise accessible.

Delivering a world-class expertise to all travellers 

Delta’s dedication to accessibility is rooted in its perception that journey is for everybody. Already an trade chief with 100% closed captioning on all films and collection content material and a 40% improve in audio descriptive content material within the final yr, Delta continues to hunt methods to make journey extra accessible.

Whereas its flight map was already constructed to fulfill all Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA) and European Accessibility Act (EAA) requirements, Delta noticed a possibility to push additional. Alongside inflight map supplier FlightPath3D, the airline collaborated carefully with its Advisory Board on Incapacity, presenting an early model of the map for hands-on testing and suggestions that was instrumental in refining the ultimate design and performance that clients will expertise as we speak. This collaborative method emphasizes the significance of listening, studying and innovating primarily based on the true experiences of these most affected by inclusive design efforts.

“It’s thrilling as a visually impaired person who Delta is making the flight map extra accessible for low-vision customers,” says Thomas Panek, Chair of Delta’s Advisory Board on Incapacity and President of Guiding Eyes for the Blind. “By making flight maps extra accessible to low-vision customers, Delta is making the expertise higher for all vacationers.”

Inclusivity as a Core Design Characteristic 

The brand new flight map is rolling out to clients now on greater than 650 plane throughout the airline’s world fleet. Core options embrace:

• Excessive-Distinction Visuals: Vivid colours in opposition to darkish background or grayscale rendering ensures most visibility and diminished eye pressure.

• Shade Blind Palette: Use of patterns and textures along with colours to differentiate completely different areas and components on the map.

• Massive Textual content & Icons: All textual content and iconography is rendered at bigger sizes, eliminating the necessity to squint or pressure to make out particulars.

• Streamlined Data: Clearly labeled map options like international locations, borders and main cities are prioritized to scale back litter and improve readability.

• Zoom & Pan Controls: Customers can zoom in/out and pan across the map view to regulate to their most popular perspective and visible wants.

• Voice Narration (coming in future variations of the accessible map expertise): Deliberate voice narration will leverage AI and flight information to supply audio updates on arrival occasions, factors of curiosity and extra.

Delta is aware of that the trail to a extra accessible journey expertise is a journey, however the airline is proud to be shifting in the proper course.