Emirats wins Skytrax award

Emirates has once again gained prestigious industry recognition at the 2006 Skytrax Awards for Airline Excellence, taking top honours in the category for Inflight Entertainment Excellence.

Emirates' award-winning entertainment system, "ice" - an acronym for information, communication and entertainment - is now offered on over 35 per cent of the fleet. It offers over 500 channels of entertainment, video and audio on demand, over 40 games and live news headlines, and is available to travellers in every class.

Customers also have access to e-mail and SMS messaging and satellite telephones. On the Emirates A340-500 there is also a WiFi e-mail service available.

Last year Emirates was adjudged the best in this category at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.