- Unparalleled offering includes Live TV, Apple TV+, Audible,
Disney+ and Hayu among thousands of hours of content
MONTREAL, March 27,
2024 /CNW/ - Air Canada is honoured to have earned
the 2024 APEX Best in Entertainment Award in North America for its in-flight entertainment
(IFE) offering, presented last night at the APEX Awards in
Lisbon. This is the first time the
airline has won this APEX award, which is based on ratings the
organization received from thousands of passengers who flew with
Air Canada.
"I am extremely proud of the recognition as 2024 APEX Best in
Entertainment Award in North
America, reflecting the unparalleled entertainment offering
onboard our aircraft. With thousands of hours of movies, TV shows
and audio podcasts available, our customers clearly are
appreciative of the wide variety of options during their flights. I
thank our customers for their loyalty. We're continuing to add
content to our on-demand and live IFE offerings, so stay tuned as
more exciting products will be rolled out soon!" said John Moody, Managing Director, Onboard Product
at Air Canada.
Air Canada's complimentary and
extensive in-flight entertainment programming features more than
1,400 hours of movies, 1,900 hours of television shows and more
than 600 hours of music and podcasts, and a selection of live tv
stations.
The system features collaborations with Apple TV+, Audible,
Disney+, Hayu, and others, bringing hours of movies, tv episodes,
specialty channels, music albums, other video and audio content and
games in multiple languages from boarding to landing.
On three of the airline's newly retrofitted Airbus A321
aircraft, passengers have the ability to view exterior cameras via
the IFE screens, showing their flight from a bird's eye view thanks
to cameras mounted in the tail or belly of the aircraft. This
feature is a first for a narrow-body aircraft anywhere in the
world. All 15 aircraft in the Airbus A321 fleet are expected to
have exterior cameras installed by the end of 2025.
APEX partnered with TripIt from Concur, the world's
highest-rated travel-organizing app, to gather anonymous passenger
feedback based on neutral, third-party passenger feedback and
insights for the honour. For the 2024 Awards, nearly one million
flights were rated by passengers across more than 600 airlines from
around the world using a five-star scale. On the same screen,
passengers were given the opportunity to provide anonymous ratings
in five subcategories: seat comfort, cabin service, food and
beverage (presented in conjunction with IFSA), entertainment, and
Wi-Fi. The single screen rating allows airline passengers to easily
rate their flight in less than 15 seconds.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's flag
carrier and a founding member of Star
Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation
network. Air Canada provides
scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in
Canada, the United States and Internationally on six
continents. It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax. Air
Canada's Aeroplan program is
Canada's premier travel loyalty
program, where members can earn or redeem points on the world's
largest airline partner network of 45 airlines, plus through an
extensive range of merchandise, hotel and car rental partners.
Through Air Canada Vacations, it offers more travel choices than
any other Canadian tour operator to hundreds of destinations
worldwide, with a wide selection of hotels, flights, cruises, day
tours, and car rentals. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo,
provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of
destinations across six continents using Air Canada's passenger and
freighter aircraft. Air Canada
aims to achieve an ambitious net zero emissions goal from all
global operations by 2050. Air Canada shares are publicly traded on the TSX
in Canada and the OTCQX in the
US.
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