Emirates wins "Best Inflight Entertainment Award" at Airline Ratings 2024 Airline Excellence Awards
Emirates' inflight entertainment was recognized at the Airline Ratings 2024 Airline Excellence Awards
This week Emirates won the "Best Inflight Entertainment Award" in Airline Ratings 2024 Airline Excellence Awards. Emirates received the top accolade for inflight entertainment from a finalist list of global airlines.
Passengers travelling with Emirates can access an entertainment library of 6,500 channels which includes;
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More than 2,000 Hollywood and internationally acclaimed movies including 2024 Academy Award® winning films
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Hundreds of complete TV series and full box sets including the latest shows from streaming platforms and media brands such as HBO Max, Discovery+, BBC, Bloomberg Originals and Shahid
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More than 200 documentary movies and popular TV docu-series
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More than 150 Arabic movies and TV shows including a dedicated collection of Emirati movies
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More than 300 Bollywood and South Asian movies and TV shows in 13 languages.
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Global cinema in more than 50 languages with more than 600 international movies
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More than 300 movies with closed captioning and 140 movies with described audio
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A music library of more than 3,500 albums and curated playlists
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Five channels of live TV, including three news channels and two channels with live sports coverage.
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More than 250 dedicated kids and family channels including dozens of shows for pre-school kids
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Podcasts and audiobooks, including Emirates World
Emirates headphones are provided to passengers in all cabin classes, including premium Bowers & Wilkins E1 headphones in First Class, created by British sound experts exclusively for Emirates. These headphones use noise-cancelling technology to block out ambient cabin sounds for a clean listening experience. Young passengers also receive specially designed kids’ headphones.
Emirates Skywards members can enjoy free Wi-Fi onboard for use of PEDs. The airline updates its inflight content every month, adding hundreds of movies, TV shows, podcasts, and music channels each month to its entertainment library.
Passengers can also curate their own ice experience before the flight by browsing and pre-selecting movies or TV shows on the Emirates app. This can synchronized to ice during boarding.
“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,” said Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas about the award.
The AirineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards are evaluated by an editorial team with many years of experience, based on criteria including product and safety rating, passengers’ reviews on AirlineRatings.com and Trip Advisor and profitability.
