Superheroes rule the Emirates universe

Steve Creedy

By Steve Creedy Thu Oct 3, 2019

Superheroes ruled among the 16 million passengers Emirates carried over the northern summer as Marvel Studio and DC Universe produced the top picks on the airline’s formidable ICE entertainment system. Marvel’s "Captain America" took the top spot in June while "Alita: Battle Angel" triumphed in July and "Avengers: End Game" was the most-watched move in August. READ: Qantas plans to keep A380s flying for another decade. ICE offers up to 1500 movies and as many as 4500 channels and the airline adds about 100 new movies a month. Emirates allows customers to browse its expansive entertainment catalog and create personal playlists ahead of their flight. Once onboard, they can sync the playlist to their seats. The airline said more than 40,000 unique playlists were created by travelers with each including at least one movie. One in six customers added a TV show to their personal playlist. Bollywood movies are the most popular non-English language films on board and most viewers opted for the "New Movies" category to watch hits such as "A Star is Born" and 'Bohemian Rhapsody". Disney Classics proved the next most popular film category and give passengers a choice of 50 films stretching back to the 1951 classic "Alice in Wonderland". This was followed by Bollywood films. Topping the TV category Was the HBO blockbuster "Chernobyl" while a 2011 documentary about a pride of lions and family of cheetahs, "African Cats", was the most-watched documentary. The Emirates fleet is now wi-fi capable with the airline offering 20MB of complimentary data and two hours of unlimited texting. The airline said more than 1 million passengers logged in to wi-fi and over 40 percent of travelers chose the unlimited free text messaging option. Wif-fi was most popular on flights to North America with passengers going to Houston consuming the most data onboard when compared to the rest of the network. The most viewed live Tv channel was sport 24 and the airline is currently screening the Rugby World Cup live on more than 175 aircraft. October blockbusters include "Spider-Man: Far from Home", "Toy Story 4" and he  Beatles-inspired film "Yesterday". Emirates also recently brought its A380 to Cairo for the first time in a flight designed to demonstrate Cairo’s  airport’s readiness for the superjumbo      

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