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Emirates joins Star Wars fever, offers movie marathon
A scene from Star Wars', as seen on an Emirates' in-flight entertainment system
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A scene from Star Wars', as seen on an Emirates' in-flight entertainment system. The airline recently announced the introduction of six Star Wars films to its entertainment system, with the seventh to follow early next year, allowing passengers to watch the series marathon on long flights. (Photo courtesy of Emirates)" border="0" height="465" width="600">A scene from Star Wars', as seen on an Emirates' in-flight entertainment system. The airline recently announced the introduction of six Star Wars films to its entertainment system, with the seventh to follow early next year, allowing passengers to watch the series marathon on long flights. (Photo courtesy of Emirates)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) (Photo courtesy of Emirates)" border="0" height="465" width="600">A scene from Star Wars', as seen on an Emirates' in-flight entertainment system. The airline recently announced the introduction of six Star Wars films to its entertainment system, with the seventh to follow early next year, allowing passengers to watch the series marathon on long flights. (Photo courtesy of Emirates)<)
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span class="caption">A scene from Star Wars', as seen on an Emirates' in-flight entertainment system. The airline recently announced the introduction of six Star Wars films to its entertainment system, with the seventh to follow early next year, allowing passengers to watch the series marathon on long flights. (Photo courtesy of Emirates)
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)(+)
