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Emirates scooped the top award for inflight
entertainment from an extensive finalist list of global airlines, due to its
whopping 6,500 channels of high quality and acclaimed content, the world’s
largest entertainment library in the sky - making it a clear winner for
the Best Inflight Entertainment award.
Customers enjoying Emirates flights can access a
world-class entertainment library of 6,500 channels which includes:
·
More than
2,000 Hollywood and internationally acclaimed movies including 2024 Academy
Award® winning films.
·
Hundreds of
complete TV series and full box sets including the latest shows from leading
streaming platforms and media brands such as HBO Max, Discovery+, BBC,
Bloomberg Originals and Shahid.
·
Over 200
documentary movies and popular TV docu-series.
·
More than
150 Arabic movies and TV shows including a dedicated collection of Emirati
movies.
·
More than
300 Bollywood and South Asian movies and TV shows in 13 languages.
·
Global
cinema in over 50 languages with more than 600 international movies from across
Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
·
Over 300
movies with ‘Closed Captions’ and 140 movies with ‘Audio Description’, offering
accessibility to the visually impaired.
·
Emirates
headphones are provided to customers in all cabin classes, including premium
Bowers & Wilkins E1 headphones in First Class, created by the renowned
British sound experts exclusively for Emirates, using noise‑cancelling
technology to block out ambient cabin sounds and deliver the cleanest output.
·
Specially
designed Emirates headphones for kids’ comfort.
·
Emirates
headphones are also compatible with hearing aids when set to the ‘T’ position.
·
A music
library of over 3,500 albums and curated playlists.
·
5 channels
of live TV, including 3 news channels and two channels with live sports
coverage.
·
Over 250
dedicated kids and family channels including dozens of shows for pre-school
kids.
·
Happiness,
wellbeing and self-development content including brands such as LinkedIn
Learning and Mindvalley.
·
Podcasts
and audiobooks including Emirates World, dedicated to highlighting the
destination of Dubai and engaging with global thought leaders.
·
An inflight
airshow capability that allows customers to follow their flight's progress on a
moving map, and see the world from 40,000ft through external cameras.
Emirates Skywards members can enjoy free
connectivity to Wi-Fi onboard.
Emirates continually updates its inflight content
every month, adding hundreds of movies, TV shows, podcasts, and music channels
each month to its extensive entertainment library and securing exclusive
partnerships with the best content providers. Customers can also curate their
own ice experience before their flight, simply by browsing and
pre-selecting movies or TV shows on the Emirates app, which can then be
synchronised to ice the moment they board, maximising the seamless
travel experience.
Emirates inflight entertainment journey began
almost 30 years ago, when it was one of the first airlines to introduce
seat-back videos for economy-class passengers. Emirates is also committed to
setting industry standards and accessibility for people of determination and
was the first airline in the world to introduce Audio Descriptive soundtracks
and Closed Captions on movies on an inflight entertainment system.
Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas
commented on the award:
“Our editors were unanimous in their praise for
Emirates ice system as a step above. That early investment in inflight
entertainment has paid off for Emirates and just when you think it can’t do it
better – it lifts the bar once again.”
The AirineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards are
evaluated by an editorial team with many years of experience, based on a robust
criteria including product and safety rating, passengers’ reviews on
AirlineRatings.com and Trip Advisor, and overall profitability.
Image
Credit: © Emirates Airlines
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