Emirates’s ice entertainment system has been awarded the World’s Best Airline In-flight Entertainment at the 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards for the 11th consecutive year.

The awards polled more than 18 million business and leisure air travellers from more than 160 countries.

Emirates’ divisional vice president for customer experience, Patrick Brannelly, accepted the award at a ceremony in Paris last month.

The airline also the Best First Class Comfort Amenities category.

It was the first airline to launch personal TV screens in all seats in 1992, to live TV in 2013 and free Wi-Fi on its compatible aircraft in 2014.

It now has more than 2,100 channels on ice Digital Widescreen.

“We aim to stay creative, stay relevant and keep building content that appeals to the broad cultural diaspora that travel on Emirates,” said Brannelly.

We aim to stay creative, relevant and build content that appeals to our customers

“I congratulate Emirates on its long-standing winning record in taking the award for the Best Airline Inflight Entertainment, said Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax.

“As an onboard product offering, inflight entertainment continues to grow in importance for customer satisfaction rankings, and it’s a richly deserved recognition to remain a favourite airline for this among passengers.”

Emirates operates a daily scheduled flight between Dubai and Malta via Larnaca, in Cyprus.

For further information and flight schedules, visit www.emirates.com/mt.

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