A scene from Star Wars', as seen on an Emirates' in-flight entertainment system
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Amid the manic Star Wars fever following the release of the blockbuster sci-fi saga's latest installment, Emirates have announced a plan designed to attract potential die-hard fans of the movie.
Starting January 2016, the carrier plans to offer all six Star Wars movies on its in-flight entertainment system, allowing passengers to watch the series marathon for the first time. The films initially available will be "Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)", "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)", "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)", "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)", "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)" and "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)"
"We always try to provide interesting entertainment to passengers during their journey. For a total of 13 hours, fans of Star Wars will be able to enjoy all the movies in marathon when they're on a long flight with Emirates," said Emirates customer experience divisional vice president Patrick Brannelly in a press release on Monday.
The Star Wars' seventh installment, "The Force Awakens", is slated to be available as in-flight entertainment early next year, he added.
Beyond the Star Wars film series, some 500 additional movies will be added in January.
Emirates has also announced the inclusion of in-flight Wi-Fi and a new generation entertainment system for its latest fleet, Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A380, which includes a larger screen, 13.3-inch for economy class seats, 23-inch for business class seats and 32-inch for first class seats.
The airline has also introduced a new children's animal toys series as well as activity bags in cooperation with Lonely Planet, each contains creative travel gear such as a world map, travel journal, plastic drinking bottle, world fact cards and educational books. (kes)(+)
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