Hans-Sachs-Straße - Emirates.com
Hans-Sachs-Straße - Emirates.com
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Qantas<br />
network<br />
opens<br />
up for<br />
emirates<br />
passengers<br />
<strong>Emirates</strong>’ customers can now begin<br />
enjoying the benefits of what the<br />
<strong>Emirates</strong> and Qantas partnership<br />
has to offer, following the opening<br />
up of bookings to a number of<br />
Qantas domestic destinations, with<br />
travel from 31st March 2013.<br />
live tv<br />
makes<br />
onboard<br />
debut<br />
<strong>Emirates</strong> has launched a new live<br />
TV product called ice TV Live,<br />
as part of its ever-increasing<br />
on-board entertainment package.<br />
The new channel will offer<br />
passengers BBC World News,<br />
BBC Arabic, Euronews and, for<br />
sports fans, Sport 24 – a channel<br />
dedicated to major sports events<br />
around the world.<br />
February’s Sport 24 highlights<br />
include Live English Premier<br />
League and Bundesliga football<br />
matches. Coverage of more events<br />
will be added soon, but 2013 will<br />
feature coverage of the Australian<br />
Open, Wimbledon, US Open tennis,<br />
ATP Tour Masters 1000 series, ATP<br />
World Tour Finals, US Open golf,<br />
and the British and Irish Lions Tour.<br />
Passengers can choose from 32<br />
Australian destinations that Qantas<br />
operates to, including Canberra,<br />
Port Lincoln, Cairns and Hobart,<br />
opening up Australia to passengers<br />
from all over the ever expanding<br />
<strong>Emirates</strong> network.<br />
“Installing this type of satellite<br />
<strong>com</strong>munication equipment that<br />
allows live TV on an aircraft is no<br />
easy feat,” explained Adel Al Redha,<br />
<strong>Emirates</strong>’ Executive Vice-President<br />
of Engineering and Operations.<br />
“<strong>Emirates</strong> continues to enhance the<br />
features of its inflight entertainment<br />
system with its partner Panasonic.”<br />
2013 will build upon <strong>Emirates</strong>’<br />
reputation for constant product<br />
innovation. In addition to ice<br />
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Open skies / march 2013<br />
<strong>Emirates</strong>’ Skywards<br />
members will also be able<br />
to earn Skywards Miles on<br />
Qantas international flights and<br />
domestic flights that are part of a<br />
continuous international journey<br />
with <strong>Emirates</strong> or Qantas.<br />
TV Live, the Boeing 777s will<br />
feature mobile phone and Wi-Fi<br />
services. Not only is <strong>Emirates</strong><br />
upgrading the B777, but the<br />
entire ice-equipped fleet will see<br />
improvements in the first few<br />
months of the year. These include<br />
a greater choice of music than<br />
ever before, more Arabic TV and<br />
films, the introduction of African<br />
movies, and a dedicated CBeebies<br />
channel for younger flyers.
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