NEW YORK – Netflix, aiming to keep its edge in the top tier of streaming content providers, has inked a deal with three major airlines to extend users’ accounts to in-air viewing.

American, Delta, and United have all agreed to partner with the venerable streamer on a new venture called Jetflix. Anyone who has a Netflix account can select the add-on in the company’s revamped services website and then access in-air-only content when they fly on one of those three airlines.

Netflix officials said that the initial add-on fee for access to the Jetflix Club would be $49 a month, for unlimited viewing, but that customers could reduce that fee by signing up for credit cards, or buying airfare tickets on empty planes to war prone areas. Someone wanting popcorn, candy, and a drink would, of course, have to pay extra.

The officials also said that they would in no way be showing films depicting plane crashes or even movies whose plots involve intrigue aboard an airplane. “As much as many people like Airplane!, we don’t approve of the depiction of the crew in that film, so it will not be in our listings. Not even Air Force One, and I like Harrison Ford as much as the next 50-year-old woman,” said a Netflix spokesperson. “The whole idea of this is to take your mind off air travel, and you can’t do that if you’re seeing planes on your screen. If you want to watch those films, stay home.”

Netflix refused to confirm rumors that it was in talks with SpaceX about extending the service to trips to the International Space Station.

A company whistleblower said that the original name of the new airline-only service was the Mile High Club and that company officials quickly changed the name after they were inundated with queries as to the ratings of the films on offer.