In addition to in-flight movies, do the flights from Newark to Rome on CO have GPS screens to give you detailed info about the flight?

Yes, CO has the Airshow program on their 767, on all seats.

However, they don't start up the system until it reaches about 10,000 ft, and then you have to watch through some introduction to the system, duty-free promotions, etc; so it'd be at least half-an-hour into the flight before you can get Airshow. It's also shut down just prior to touchdown.

Otherwise, it's available to you at all times. The few overhead monitors on the planes also display Airshow throughout the flight.

CO doesn't display all of the information available. I think you get ground speed, altitude, time to arrival, time at origin, time at destination, & outside temperature. It cycles between metric and English units.

The maps don't display a lot of distances from various waypoint. It's less interesting than Airshow's on some other airlines.

Thanks for the info, rkkwan. Does the airshow also show the map and where the aircraft is enroute?

Yes, it cycles through maps of different scales, then the text screens (in metric or English units; and in Italian or English languages for your flight), and back to the maps.

So, you know where you are, how fast and how high you're going, etc.

However, it doesn't show various waypoints enroute like it does on some airlines. On the map, it generally only shows your destination, except when you're very close. For example, while flying over the Alps into Italy, it will not tell you how far you're from other French or Italian cities or how far you're from certain geographic points like mountain tops.

Occassionally, it does. But very very rare.

Thanks again, rkkwan. You've answered my curiosity perfectly. My mom will be making the flight to meet me in Rome and since this will be her first trip over the Atlantic, I know being able to "see" where she's at and how far she has to go will be very helpful to her.

Thanks again.

I flew CO Newark-Zurich, yes, they show that tiny airplane over the ocean, where exactly it is. I think even in 2 languages on 2 channels! It's fun at first, then you get bored.

That's all I watch! Really, and play some video poker. And listen to Ch19, Chinese pop music.

Yeah, they show two languages on Airshow. If it's EWR-FCO, then it's English and Italian; if it's EWR-HKG, then English and Chinese. Domestic flights or to UK, then English only, I think.

It's boring for some geek like me who find it exciting to see what flight level we're using, or what ground speed we're achieving at a particular point.

For EWR->HKG, it's also pretty interesting as we fly very close to the North Pole, so all the places are foreign. Or when flying through Russia, Mongolia and Chinese airspace, where the flight level isn't rounded to the next 1,000 ft. So, instead of 35,000 or 38,000ft, we're flying at 37,500 (~11,500 meters) or 39,500 (~12,000 meters).

I mean it's NOT boring for me.