Emirates Young Flyers Factsheet

 Emirates Young Flyers Fact sheet

Young Flyers have innate curiosity and boundless energy and we offer a range of products and services with their needs in mind. We want to share our passion and love for adventure with these future travellers as well as stimulate their curiosity. Whether they’re flying alone or with their families, our toys and goodie bags inspire the greatest imaginations and encourage tomorrow’s explorers.

On board

Toys

To fuel a sense of wonder and imagination, Emirates has developed its own set of toys for children.

Fly With Me Animals

Launched in November 2015, pre-school children can collect a range of 4 original characters from the ‘Fly With Me Animal’ collection. These cuddly and playful animals each have their own personalities and traits, and are ideal companions for a flight and beyond. Every six months, four new animals will be introduced giving children more to collect.

The toys come in 3 product lines:

• Travel Buddy - a cuddly toy with a plastic toggle allowing it to be hung in the car, on a pram or in the cot
• Carry Buddy - dual purpose toy and blanket
• Magnetic sketchers - unique characters to keep kids entertained, with drawing and easy erasing functionality

Fly With Me Lonely Planet Kids

Emirates has teamed up with the travel experts at Lonely Planet Kids to create packs that inspire older children to explore more of the world. The Fly with Me Lonely Planet Kids products come in four variations – two specially designed retro-style rucksacks, and two cool bags.

Each bag features different content to encourage a sense of adventure in young travellers. These include fold-out world maps, travel journals, plastic drink bottles, cards with world facts and various educational books exclusive to Emirates. These products will be refreshed every six months.

Fly With Me Animals Magazine

• Fly With Me Animals is a fun and colourful magazine produced exclusively for Emirates’ young flyers aged 3-8 years old. Each magazine includes a colouring set which features Emirates Little Travellers characters -- iconic Emirates cabin crew and pilot characters exploring the world

Meals and Special Products for Babies and Children

For babies and toddlers on all routes Emirates offers:

• Toiletry kits with wet wipes, cream, bib, teething ring and tissue pack
• Child-friendly liners for the bassinet
• Baby food, formula, feeding bottles and diapers

For children on all routes Emirates offers:

• Recently designed meal trays featuring the Emirates Little Travellers
• Special kids meals which can be ordered in advance

Children’s Entertainment

Young travellers on Emirates receive specially designed headphones for a better fit and they can enjoy dedicated channels of children and family programming. These fun and colourful new headphones have larger speakers for a more comfortable fit and improved sound quality. 

Children and Family Programming

Emirates offers a wide variety of children's programming including the very best movies and television from Disney, Cartoon Network, CBeebies and Nickelodeon channels plus much more:

·         50 Disney Classic movies on ice Digital Widescreen including: all 4 Pirates of the Caribbean movies,3 Toy Story movies, 101 Dalmatians, Alice in Wonderland, Cars 1 and 2, Cinderella, Dumbo, Finding Nemo, Mary Poppins, Monsters

·         A dedicated Marvel folder including: Ant Man, Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Thor, Thor: The Dark World

·         Over 90 dedicated kids TV channels, including: CBeebies, Cartoon Network, Disney Junior and Nickelodeon

·         TV programming featuring well-known favourites such as: Thunderbirds Are Go, Horrible Histories, Scooby Doo, Star Wars Rebels, The Tom and Jerry Show, Dora & Friends

·         For young music fans Emirates offers a great selection with hundreds of channels of music available.

·         More than 100 video games (depending on aircraft type)

On the ground

Lounges in Dubai (First Class and Business Class)

Even before the flight departs, our young flyers are kept busy with dedicated kids areas in the lounges in Dubai. Both the First Class and Business Class lounges have play areas, with adequate seating for parents to supervise their children. These play areas offer plenty of entertainment and exciting interactive games suitable for kids of all ages, up to older teens.

A separate range of Fly With Me toys and activity kits have been specially designed for the lounges:

·         Fly With Me Cuddle Buddy, a soft comfort blanket for infants

·         Fly With Me Animal Tin Cases with magnets and activity sheets for toddlers.

·         Fly With Me Lonely Planet Kids case for older children featuring a fold-out board game, spinner, ID holder, lanyard, gadget stand and pen.

Other special services for children and infants include:

·         Priority boarding for families with small children

·         Special fares for children aged two to 11

·         10kg free baggage allowance for infants not occupying a seat

·         Baby kits, bassinets, nappies and baby change tables

·         Baby bottles, milk formula and two types of jar food as well as food/ bottle heating services

·         Special ‘stroller’ delivery service for parents with babies in Dubai, provided immediately after disembarking

·         Family check-in area at Dubai

Unaccompanied Minors Service

Parents whose children are travelling alone can be assured of a smooth and stress-free journey from start to finish with our friendly and helpful staff. The unaccompanied minors service is available for children from 5 to under 12 years travelling alone or children under 8 years of age travelling in a different cabin class from their parents. This service has to be booked in advance and includes:

·         Separate check-in facilities

·         Dedicated staff to accompany the minor or young traveller throughout the journey

·         Dedicated lounge with toys and entertainment for kids

Skywards Skysurfers

Skywards Skysurfers is our frequent flyer programme for young travellers aged two to 16. Skysurfers have their own membership card, earn Miles when they travel and move up through the tiers just like Emirates Skywards members. They can spend their Miles on treats like flights, toys, fun-filled day trips and more.  More details are available at skysurfers.com.