Emirates will boost children's content for winter travel

From new release movies and Disney classics to a massive selection of TV programmes, December will be a great month to fly Emirates with the family.

Children on an Emirates flight in December have more than 50 hours of kid-friendly TV waiting for them. New features on iceDigital Widescreen include Nickelodeon featuring Bubble GuppiesSpongebob and Team Umizoomi, plus new and updated channels dedicated to Thomas & FriendsDora the ExplorerMickey Mouse ClubhouseAustin & Ally, and The Gruffalo. This is in addition to the BBC’s CBeebies, pre-school channel Disney Jr., Cartoon Network and over 15 channels of top children’s television.

ice Digital Widescreen’s movie line-up is also guaranteed to keep just about any child occupied with new releases for kids headed up by Despicable Me 2 and the smash hit, One Direction: This is Us, just two of 15 recent movies that children will love including The Smurfs 2Planes, and The Croods. Many of these movies are available in up to seven different languages and close to half offer closed captions for the hard of hearing.

New movies are backed up with an awesome selection of 40 Disney Classics: movies parents will love introducing to their kids. All-time favourites such as 101 DalmatiansCinderella and Mary Poppins are always popular onboard as are “modern classics” like CarsToy Story, and all four Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

“We want getting there to be half the fun, and the flight on Emirates to be the part that everyone in the family looks forward to. Having a great entertainment line-up for kids also helps alleviate some of the travel stress from the parents, so they can relax and enjoy the flight,” said Patrick Brannelly, Emirates’ vice president corporate communications product, publishing, digital & events.

He added: “Emirates pioneered inflight children’s entertainment with the launch of a dedicated children’s TV channel back in 1992, and the introduction of a huge selection of Disney movies in 2003. We aim to continue raising the bar in this regard and look holistically at the whole entertainment offering such as the variety of games to play, music to listen to, kids activity packs and the newest members of the Emirates family: the Fly With Me Monsters.”