Automated flight attending

In 1965, Martin Limanoff created one of the earliest automated food delivery systems, consisting of a square box that was designed to travel up and down the aisle along a monorail track on the cabin floor.

[2] Many In-flight entertainment systems, such as Virgin America's 'Red' playbook and Panasonic Avionics' eX2, allow passengers to order food or drink using the IFE touchscreens.

A passenger selects one of the meal options available for purchase, swipes his or hers credit card through the in-seat ordering system, and then a flight attendant brings the meal to his or her seat.

The SkyTender took its first flight on the German airline, WDL Aviation, going from Cologne to Palma, Majorca.

[3] Premiered on May 2, 2015, comedy show Saturday Night Live featured fictional automated flight attendants on the airline company Virgin America.