An aircraft data management system provides a passenger seated on the aircraft with a number of entertainment and productivity enhancing options. Such options include, without limitation, video (194), audio (196), internet (190), airplane systems data (198) and power (162). Located proximate to each seat group is an integrated seat box (18) that includes a network interface card that identifies a requesting passenger for proper directing of the required data and/or power from devices that interface with a network controller (186) back to the requesting passenger. Both on-aircraft and off-aircraft devices may be accessed by the system. While particularly drawn to aircraft, the data management system is also applicable to other venues have identifiable seating locations such as buses, passenger ships, hotels and auditoriums.