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Airline Adds Live TV To In-Flight Entertainment Choices

by Chris Owen (RSS feed) on Feb 14th 2013 at 3:00PM

Emirates Airlines has raised the bar on in-flight services for quite some time, offering over-the-top amenities like a shower in first class, Bvlgari amenity kits, dine-on-demand service and more. Now, Emirates has figured out how to add live TV from a variety of sources.

"Installing the type of satellite communication that allows live TV on an aircraft is no easy feat," said Adel Al Redha, Emirates executive vice-president of engineering and operations, in a Breaking Travel News report.

Currently offering a choice of four live TV channels, Emirates allows passengers to choose from BBC World News in English, BBC Arabic or Euronews.

Sports 24 is a channel with exclusive live coverage of sporting events around the world. Upcoming events include English Premier League and Bundesliga football matches, coverage of the Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open Tennis, ATP Tour Masters 1000 Series, ATP World Tour Finals, US Open Golf and the British and Irish Lions Tour.

That's in addition to information systems that allow passengers to follow the progress of their flight and see what's going on outside the aircraft with external-mounted cameras. Already in place are in-flight phone calls both to ground and other passengers on the plane, as well as the ability for sending and receiving text messages, email and over 1,400 channels of premium entertainment.

Available on select Boeing 777 flights flying over the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and North America, Emirates live TV service is provided via expanding satellite technology, soon to be offered worldwide.

Want a taste of the Emirates first class experience? Check this video, just in:

[Photo credit - Flickr user BriYYZ]

Filed under: United Arab, Airlines, Middle East

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nelson.l Feb 15th 2013 10:54AM

It´s funny to see how a company like Emirates have some wonderful facilities , i came from Bangkok caming from Rio and used terminal A and the A380 last january ,and got amazing impressed with terminals , amenities ,etc...
But you now what , Emirates have direct flights from Rio to Dubai but does not have a telephone for Rio´s customer , you have to call São Paulo !!!! and there´s no free number , would you imagine a New Yorker American have to make reservations trough Emirates calling California paying their expense for the call ?
Besides that , after calling São Paulo you will have to wait a lot online waiting for service , for sure there are not enough people to hold their business here, by the way im a Gold Skyward memeber, again if the one side of the company it´s amazing there are still a lot work to do here in Brazilian market.
I also let them now this situation talking to some Brazilian Staff and also on e mail and letters of comment left at the business lounge in Dubai.