Emirates curates the ultimate entertainment mix for Nigerian travellers

Emirates, the award-winning airline, offers a growing list of entertainment for Nigerian travellers this April on ice, Emirates’ award-winning inflight entertainment has of over 4,000 channels of on-demand entertainment. With a diverse mix of African and Nollywood films and music, Nigerian customers can fly better and get a taste of home on every Emirates flight from either Lagos or Abuja.

Customers can enjoy the highly celebrated Nollywood movie ‘Lara and the beat’ which was premiered in 2018. The movie starred leading Nollywood actors such as Seyi Shay, Vector, Somkele Iyamah, Wale Ojo, Sharon Ooja, Shaffy Bello and Uche Jombo, amongst others. They can also look forward to other movies from Nigeria and West Africa such as Mr. Not So Perfect, Ghanaian’s Bad luck Joe, Azali, and My Very Ghanaian Wedding, and Cameroon’s ‘Ward Zee and a man for the weekend’.

Amongst its wide music offering, customers can look forward to Nigerian and African beats including Davido’s Son of Mercy-EP, Burna Boy’s Outside, King Aiyeoba’s 1000 can die, Wizkid and Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s playlists, amongst others.

Ensuring passengers’ comfort on board its flights, Emirates now offers passengers the choice to make their entertainment playlist before they fly. To create the ultimate ice playlist, the traveller can use the Emirates app, see what’s playing on their flight, and create a playlist. On select Boeing 777s, the passengers can then pair with the seat back screen using onboard WiFi, follow the syncing process, and then sit back and enjoy their bespoke playlist.

The syncing capability is currently available on over 100 Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft and will be made available progressively across the entire fleet, including A380 aircraft in the coming months.