Emirates inflight entertainment given major customer ovation

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About The Airline Inflight Entertainment Survey:
The Airline Inflight Entertainment Survey is commissioned and conducted by Skytrax Research of London. No outside sponsorship or external influence is applied to any aspect of the Survey, making it the most respected passenger survey of its type in the world.

1,224,356 survey respondents representing over 88 different nationalities were represented in the final survey results which were gathered over a nine month project period.

About Emirates Inflight Innovations:
Emirates Inflight innovations have secured a number of industry awards since the airline's launch in 1985. Emirates continues to excel in inflight services by providing among the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art audio-visual options in the skies, with new enhancements introduced on a regular basis.

The carrier's ice (information, communication and entertainment) system features well over 100 movies and 50 TV channels on demand, 350-plus audio channels and over 40 in-flight games - more entertainment options than on any other airline. ice is available to travellers on Emirates' Airbus A340-500, B777-300ERs and most B777-200s, where they can enjoy more than 600 channels of inflight entertainment: the widest choice in the skies.

The system is the industry's most sophisticated on-demand video and audio system. It allows travellers wanting to stay in touch with home or office a means to send and receive email and SMS, as well as use the inflight telephone service. Passengers on A340-500 aircraft can also access their email via WiFi hotspots on board.

With over 40 online games, passengers can also test their knowledge in trivia tournaments, save the world from space invaders, sink a putt at mini-golf, challenge a colleague to a game of Hangman, or try their skill at 10-pin bowling.

Film buffs can access classics like The French Connection, the latest Hollywood blockbusters, Disney favourites such as Snow White and Pinocchio, and a host of other international movies from around the world.

The fifty-plus TV channels feature many episodes of popular favourites such as Friends, as well as Drama, Art, Sports, documentaries and a host of kids' programmes from Winnie the Pooh to Scooby Doo.

Services also include an outstanding audio selection including 50-plus channels of Arabic, Japanese and World music, a giant selection of albums, 70 hours of classical concertos, operas and symphonies and 10 entire talking books. The sophisticated system allows users to start, stop and replay films or music at will.

Emirates seatback screens provide updates on the progress of the flight, information on Emirates, Dubai and the Skywards loyalty programme and the latest world and regional news headlines, regularly updated.