flydubai and BBC Studios have partnered to launch a BBC Kids branded space for flydubai passengers on the airline’s inflight entertainment system. Access to over 15 hours of content on the BBC Kids channel aims to keep pre-schoolers and older children, as well as their carers, entertained onboard. Passengers have access to world-class global hits including the International Emmy award-winning ‘Hey Duggee’ and the multi-award-winning ‘Bluey’ which is the most streamed series in the U.S. this year so far.
For younger children, other programmes available onboard include the fun and exciting adventures of ‘Supertato’, ‘Andy’s Global Adventures’ which takes viewers around the globe exploring nature’s mystery and animal behaviours, the thrill-seeking ‘Go-Jetters’, and the wholesome stories of ‘JoJo & Gran Gran’.
For older kids, programmes include award-winning wildlife expert Steve Backshall’s ‘Deadly 60’ and ‘Steve & Aneeshwar Go Wild’ where Steve teams up with young environmental enthusiast Aneeshwar. Also available to watch is Love Productions popular cooking competition ‘Junior Bake-Off’, educational historical sketch comedy series ‘Horrible Histories’ and ‘Jamie Johnson’ which tells the story of a young boy trying to achieve his dream of becoming a famous footballer.
“We are excited to have partnered up with BBC Studios,” said Daniel Kerrison, Senior Vice President of Inflight Operations, flydubai. “We have always been committed to innovating our products and services and enhancing our passengers’ inflight experience. With the addition of BBC Kids to our inflight offering, we look forward to providing our passengers with more hours of high-definition in-seat entertainment and access to award-winning content.”
Flydubai’s inflight entertainment system features a wide selection of movies, TV shows, music and games. Passengers travelling in Business Class can look forward to viewing the content on a full HD, 15.6-inch screen, while Economy Class passengers can enjoy the same high-quality content on an 11.6-inch screen.
The carrier’s inflight entertainment features content from major studios including Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, HBO and Cartoon Network, offering more than 600 hours of movies and more than 700 TV shows. Passengers can also enjoy movies available across a variety of languages including Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Hindi.
“We are proud to forge this new partnership with flydubai to include BBC Kids as part of their line-up of top-quality inflight entertainment,” said Zina Neophytou, Senior Vice President of Out of Home & BBC News Commercial Development, BBC Studios. “Through this new collaboration, wider audiences outside the UK will have greater access to world-class children’s content from BBC Kids that educates, informs, and entertains the next generation.”
