Emirates Teams Up with Spotify
Emirates has launched a new collaboration with Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service. Spotify is now available on flights to 140 destinations. Customers can enjoy a wide variety of podcasts and playlists while flying, accessible through their personal inflight entertainment system, ice.
Catering to Emirates’ global customer base, the curated content from Spotify will include a range of popular music playlists and top podcasts in English, Portuguese, Tagalog and German, with more languages, including Spanish and Hindi, to be added in 2025. New podcasts and music will be added regularly to complement Emirates’ existing library of more than 3500 hours of global music and thought-provoking conversations.
Access to top Spotify podcasts
Emirates’ customers can now explore Spotify’s diverse podcast library with over 140 episodes of business, sports, entertainment and true crime, featuring voices of renowned personalities such as What Now? with Trevor Noah – as the comedian has candid conversations with celebrities and thought leaders, The Bill Simmons Podcast – sports and pop culture discussions with notable guests like Tom Hanks, Adam Sandler and Larry David, Case 63—an acclaimed scripted podcast known for its immersive storytelling, and The Journal -a dedicated podcast about money, business, and power, from Spotify and The Wall Street Journal.
Spotify’s signature playlists for Emirates
To enhance the personalized travel experience for Emirates customers, a diverse playlist is available for fans of every music genre and era. Spotify’s most popular playlists have been transformed into mixtapes curated by Spotify’s editorial experts. These include the latest hits in hip-hop with the RapCaviar Mixtape, the lively Viva Latino Mixtape, nostalgic tracks from the All Out 90s Mixtape, and the beloved Arabic Classics Mixtape and Jazz Classics Mixtape.
Emirates has recently added Spotify to its award-winning inflight entertainment system, ice. With over 6,500 channels of on-demand entertainment available in more than 40 languages, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Customers can choose from over 4,000 movies and TV shows, up to 3,500 hours of music and podcasts, and over 2,000 renowned Hollywood and international films. The service also includes 250 dedicated channels for kids and families, hundreds of TV series and complete box sets featuring the latest shows from Paramount+, HBO Max, Discovery+, BBC, Bloomberg Originals, and Shahid. Additionally, Emirates is frequently praised for its inflight connectivity, offering all customers access to free Wi-Fi during flights, especially for Emirates Skywards members.